FPC Statement on President Biden’s Nomination of Gun Control Extremist David Chipman to be Director of the “AFT”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2021) — Today, President Biden confirmed his intention to nominate former ATF special agent and Giffords gun control extremist David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (i.e., “ATF,” which President Biden ignorantly and repeatedly called “AFT” during today’s press conference). FPC not only opposes Mr. Chipman, but condemns in the strongest terms this dangerous and abhorrent nomination.

David Chipman, whom President Biden seeks to empower in order to continue his long train of abuses going back to the Waco, Texas murders committed by agents of the federal government, has led a career marked by outright lies, opportunism, and a brazen willingness, if not outright desire, to assault the natural rights of the American people. 

Throughout his career, Chipman has displayed an insatiable obsession with destroying the human right to keep and bear effective arms. At the same time, he has also made it clear that he lacks an even elementary understanding of both existing gun control, as well as firearms themselves. For example, in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit, Chipman had the following to say:

  • When asked “As a former ATF Special agent, what is the point of 922(r)? Also is this even enforceable by the ATF and to whom…” Chipman replied “That’s a great question I have absolutely no idea. I didn’t have occasion to be involved in an import case such as this.”
  • When asked “How do you feel about the ATFs role in reducing gun violence when they funneled guns to Mexican drug cartels?” Chipman admitted that “Fast and Furious was an epic failure. At ATF we did not allow arsonists to burn buildings and we should have never allowed guns to walk as a strategy…”
  • “While at ATF I conducted studies involving people who failed background checks to determine how many later committed crimes with a gun—many did. This is a perfect opportunity to arrest people before committing crimes rather than responding after the fact.”
  • “At Waco, cult members used 2 .50 caliber Barretts to shoot down two Texas Air National Guard helicopters,” — a statement that is completely false. 

FPC fiercely opposes both Chipman’s nomination and the Biden Administration’s ongoing siege on the Second Amendment and will continue to fight for the fundamental rights of the People of the United States, including through efforts to end Chipman’s nomination, grassroots activism, and direct legal action.

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