Abolishing the ATF is Starting to Go Mainstream
This week let’s cover some important 2A news from the Ninth Circuit court and news about abolishing the ATF. Let’s start first with a tweet on X (formerly known as Twitter) by none other than well-known Dana Loesch on abolishing the ATF:
Dana Loesch reacting to a White House post, on X 10:20 AM · Sep 25, 2023
“It’s not extreme. This whole damn department should be abolished.”
The White House
@WhiteHouse
Sep 24
“Extreme House Republicans want to take 70 ATF agents off the beat as a condition of keeping the government open.”
Sounds like a great start, but not an extreme position to me. Another powerful opinion piece by Jeff Charles titled Abolishing the ATF; Why It Makes More Sense Than Ever Before can be found over at RedState.com. It is behind a paywall, but I highly recommend it. Biden Administration official Andrew Bates is trying to link the fentanyl crisis to the GOP, as illustrated by the recent exchange between him and NBC News accusing the GOP of assisting the cartels by opposing the ATF;
“MAGA Republican extremism in Congress is a growing threat to the fight against violent crime and fentanyl trafficking. President Biden is working hard to prevent the flow of firearms into the hands of drug cartels, as part of a comprehensive strategy to block the flow of fentanyl into the United States. But hardcore MAGA members of Congress are doing everything they can to thwart these efforts.”
If that were true, Biden and his minions would be supporting Border Patrol and DEA agents, not highlighting what is essentially a support agency, to secure the US-Mexican border. Most Iowans see projection and flat-out lies for what they are.
California Courts’ News This Week
We have all heard for years that the average number of shots fired in a Defensive Gun Use (DGU) is 2.2 rounds. Well, Federal Judge Roger Benitez in California completely took apart the 2.2 rounds per DGU canard that turns out to be a made-up number, completely anecdotal data. The fact is that the number of shots fired was unknown 69% of the time according the the very study the State Of California statistician used when defending Duncan v. Bonta in the US District Court for the Southern District of California. That case is the one in which Judge Benitez struck down California’s greater than ten-round magazine ban. As Michael George said about Lean Six Sigma, “In God we trust, everyone else brings data”. Intentionally misrepresenting data, brings us crappy policy, as Professor John Lott pointed out recently in his article about the FBI underreporting the number of active shooters by a factor of six that are stopped by civilians.
And to follow up on the Duncan V. Bonta saga unfolding in California to close up this week’s message: Attorney Mark Smith over at The Four Boxes Diner reporting that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals thumbed its nose at the US Supreme Court on 2A issues.
“Ninth Circuit Judges VanDyke and Bumatay lambasted their Ninth Circuit colleagues last week for their decision in Duncan v. Bonta. Likely fearing a pro-2A outcome, the anti-gun en banc panel reached out in an unheard of manner to remove the case out from the normal legal process. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner provides a geeky breakdown of what happened.”
You should watch Mark’s withering analyses over at his “The Four Boxes Diner” YouTube site. Here is his first, and his second regarding how the process is being manipulated to obtain what the liberals on that court are trying to accomplish.
Lots of examples of why each one of us needs to be Ready at All Times and never forget that those gun control dangerous quacks are still playing a long game, but then so are we at IFC. Help us by joining or renewing your IFC membership here today.
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Dave Funk
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