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Republicans tear into Biden's ATF pick for bungling definition of assault rifles, dodging questions about Hunter Biden 'lying' on his background check and comparing gun owners to Tiger King, in car-crash Senate appearance
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Joe Biden's pick to head the ATF David Chipman was confronted by Republican senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday

  • They excoriated the nominee on his definition of assault weapons, refusing to commit to investigate Hunter Biden and comparing gun owners to Tiger King

  • Chipman deflected before saying an assault weapon is: 'any semi-automatic rifle capable of accepting a detachable magazine above the caliber of .22'

  • This would 'include a .223, which is, you know, largely the AR-15 round'

  • Senator Lee brought up Chipman's April 2020 comments mocking first-time gun owners in the midst of the panic at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic

  • Said at the time: 'They might think that they're die-hard, ready to go, but unfortunately they're more like Tiger King... putting their family in danger'

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-05-27
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=603003