If this was a purely political blog, I’d run a post entitled “OMG! The Feds Cut Spending! OMG!” I support the sequester with the same fervor that herpetologists support Sofia Hellqvist‘s interest in their legless friends. Speaking of scales, it’s time to face the music. Anything that cuts the federal budget is OK with me, from the Obamaphone program to defense spending. And now we learn that the sequester could cut federal funds spent on “gun control.” As someone who believes there shouldn’t be any gun control laws—zip, zero, none—I couldn’t be happier. Well, I could be if the bill completely defunded the ATF. But I’ll take what they won’t get. Specifically . . .
All sides say they want better enforcement of current gun laws, but law enforcement officials are warning the budget cuts looming at the end of this week would be a major setback to those efforts — and could end up putting more guns in the hands of criminals.
The Obama administration has told Congress that every FBI employee would be furloughed for 14 workdays and nearly $60 million would be cut from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, putting a dent in the government’s ability to investigate and prosecute gun crimes — a top priority in the wake of the December school shootings in Connecticut.
This washingtontimes.com story fills my heart with joy! Can it get any better—other than the complete and utter defeat of the civilian disarmament movement throughout the world? No. Not for now.
David Chipman, a former ATF agent who now works with the gun-control advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said the agency doesn’t have extra agents to spare, and said the impact of any cuts would be felt.
“There are twice as many gun dealers as there are post offices, and the ATF is an agency that’s smaller than the Broward County [Fla.] sheriff’s office,” Mr. Chipman said. “There are hundreds of ATF inspectors trying to oversee the conduct of tens of thousands of dealers.
“It’s already an uphill battle. Just the thought that we would have an ATF agent trained to be on the street trying to prevent the next attack, sitting at home because the government can’t pay him to work is just incredible.”
But true! Now if only Chipman [above right] would sit at home and do nothing, instead of collecting Bloomberg bucks as a paid shill for Mayors Against Legal Guns, hobnobbing with celebrities who would deny their fellow Americans their Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. His inactivity would increase the sum of human happiness exponentially.
Oh and the threat that the FBI’s NICS checks would slow from lack of money/personnel isn’t such a big deal. There’s sweet FA to buy now anyway. So it’s as good a time to drain the swamp as any. Better than most.
A plan:
Out of state residents set up a private mailbox with a Colorado retail store. Order and ship the mags to the address in Colorado. Have the store forward them to you. You now have mags.
I’m in NY. I sent Schumer an email voicing my concern about firearms regulations. I knew it would be pointless but I, at least, wanted to voice my opinion. He (well, one of his staffers I assume) wrote me back about how he supports the 2A and how he’s pro-gun because he lobbied for lowering the fees for NYS hunting licenses.
I’m tired of the lies.
That’s it…Texas is now officially my retirement destination…
Franklin County reporting in. You can add us to the “pending” list. An official resolution will be out around March 7.
“gun free” zones suck. I recently received my VA Non Res CHP but my school does not allow possession of a firearm on campus.
They flew that cork sucking lying Chipman into Minnesota to testify. They had him listed as an FBI agent testifying for the last round of bills proposed in the Senate. Representative Andrea Kieffer dressed him down after his speech and asked him if he was still employed by the ATF or a lobbyest. He admitted he is employed by MAIG. Representative Andrea Kieffer then asked Senator Ron Latz for more time to be presented to the opponents and it was granted. The looks on the anti’s faces was priceless.
I may send them a check or contact them and give them $50 or $100 to cover shipping for 10-20 people who order mags. I can wait on magazines….can’t find ammo to fill them anyway.
how long does it take toget residency in CO? Then I’ll move back to WI
Why does it always seem ATF agents are anti-2A? Is there a test they have to take before they can apply?
Question 1: Do you hate the 2A and do you wish it were abolished? YES or NO
If YES proceed to instant hire line, if NO you will be indefinitely detained and water boarded. If released a drone will watch you 24/7 armed with a Hellfire missile.
Just like many of the gloom and doom “sequester” predictions — the Obama Administration is full of cr**! If they cannot find effing 2% to cut across the board, they are just totally full of sh** — while I applaud this problem, it is just more BS from the useless Obama Administration — when will people see what a total joke of president and administration we have. Seriously FOAD!
I’ve had this déjà vu before.
Its not me. I have reported this to RF before. I am all for them making some bucks to keep the site going but on my mobile device the new ads make my whole browser refresh everytime the ad flips and on my desktop, I often get a double post if timed correctly with an ad flip. it is a PITA!
There must be a fix because other site with similar types of ads do not have the browser issues I have here on TTAG.
I figured it was something like that, and was just being silly.
My girl says that my sense of humour is akin to a beautiful bird, in that both are pretty fowl.
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I think 10 is too many for a single purchase. They should have made it 5 at the most. As others have pointed out we will probably see a bunch of these for sale on E-bay from CO residents at a ridiculous profit. Some of them will probably be from the hunters that don’t support us and can care less if they have an AWB.
I have noticed in the last few months that the gun community has a lot of a-hole types. Every store in this state with the exception of Sportsmans Warehouse has horrible customer service. It is obvious they don’t care about the 2A and are only in it for the money. I thought it was a NM thing, until you start talking to people online. There are some very good people, many on this board but unfortunately that does not seem to be the norm in the community. It really makes me think back on what I am fighting for and if it is really worth it. Especially when it feels like the majority doesn’t care either way, only think about themselves and what they shoot, are in it for the money, or they care but will cave to government at the first chance. For example this mag pul situation. We are excited and want more companies to join, only for Mag-Pul to be stabbed in the back as soon as they (CO Residents) start selling them at a profit online. IF that happens that is.
I see what you’re saying with the quantity being high, but for those people who would keep all of them, if the law is signed, that may be all they can get. Forever. If I lived in CO, I would want my lifetime supply to be more than ten.
The laws are pretty clear everywhere regarding the right of private property owners to ban firearms from their property. A shopping mall is private property, as is someone’s home. Personally, though I’m all for the right of folks to carry openly if they wish, I think it’s a tactical mistake; we’re much better off if the bad guys get to guess who’s armed and who isn’t. Just as in the schools; the madmen who shoot up schools have proven time and again that they are good planners-but they can’t plan for the gun they can’t see. As far as the young fool in the video is concerned, he needs to take another pull at firearm safety education-especially if he’s going to continue to carry a gun in public.
If the ATF needs funds, all they need to do is put a little money into a nice NFA site, make it so you can register and get approval for a suppressor online. Streamline the process a little so it takes… oh, let’s say something crazy like a month, and BAM! We’d be sending them money so fast it’d busting out of their rotten bastard pockets!
Nice to see a politician unequivocally caught in a lie. On video. Again. Props to the NRA for wrapping things up neatly, and hopefully many more will see this add. Unfortunately, many useful idiots are still buying the “NRA is racist” and “supports killing” BS.
Just get all the moves over with and move to Texas.
Well $hit. That isn’t good at all…
By far the biggest waste right now is TSA. Completely shutter those useless idiots as soon as possible. They’ve made it a standard to hire every two-digit IQ reject they can find and if there was ever a ‘government teat’ job it’s TSA. Let them all get a real job.
DHS is next – it’s a redundant siphon of taxpayer money that never had a reason to be in the first place. It was nothing but an excuse to add thousands more jobs for us to pay for and an excuse to stomp the Constitution even more.
ATF “might” be viable on the severely slim chance they actually do what they’re supposed to within the confines of the Constitution and sheer decency. If not (most likely scenario) then shut them down and roll ’em into the FBI.
We have little choice but to meet payroll on every single unnecessary/redundant government job there is but it might even be cheaper to support those leeches on welfare rather than paying their government wages and benefits. Give them their damn obamaphone for all I care as long as they’re faced with working for a living if they have any sense of shame.
The fact that I wear 20lbs of tools and slug it out running 6″ conduit in a ditch in 115° Phoenix weather every day in summer means I can look every single one of those slugs in the eye and tell them their job is a sham and they don’t deserve my tax money.
That’s a really sub-par looking boa constrictor they used in that photo…
Welcome to hawaii. we have to register rifles, even. oh, and there is only a SINGLE window in a SINGLE police station on the main island of oahu (about 1 million population) that you’re allowed to do it at.
It’s the NYS County Clerks Association, which has represented all 62 elected or appointed County Clerks within the State. So, they represent all 62 County Clerks. It’s not just one county clerk…(hey, I’ll take what I can get!)
To be fair the worst of those women were firing pistol grips with no stock… for some reason… that reason being they and their ‘gun boys’ are dumb assess.
Yes. Guys, the next time you get the idea to hand a high-recoil firearm to an unsuspecting novice as a practical joke, don’t do it. That’s not cool.
Blammo and a T shirt business!!!
Bet he could sell a ton of them, especially with the 1911 in the pic on the short!!!
Off-body carry is an especially bad idea combined with armed teachers. I’m all for teacher concealed carry for those who want to take on that ultimate role of selfless service to our precious children. Purse carry with children around… um, no.
Am I the only one who found the State Trooper’s chin strap amusing?
When a person says the world is not all black and white, that there are shades of grey, that person is simply confused, uniformed or has an agenda.
Of what benefit is it to the victim to have someone else put in jail? How does that really help things? Putting someone in jail is simply about revenge and profit for the prison-industrial complex, and it makes things worse for the entire culture.
The solutions are to be found in what is known as private justice. Private justice is the way the unitedstate operated before there were titles such as peace officer.
A good place to begin finding answers for today is by reading,
The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality
The article about why was the CDC defunded.
I find nothing in that video any less genuine (or accurate) than the stuffed shirts and hypocrites in the “Demand a Plan” videos.
And I now plan to refer to lots of things as my “7-pound death stick.”
This isn’t going how I assumed it would, some pretty good statements about not supporting this bill.
the United States government will one day transform itself into a jackbooted fascist state
One day?
The last time I checked a felon is still a citizen. Who do you think might be more of a target, another 7/11 shop owner, or a felon just out of the joint? That felon is marked by the gangs he was forced to join while in the joint as a potencial outside agent and will be required to break the law to get money into the gangs’ hands. He is more of a victim than a free citizen. As long as he is on parole, he can be found.
I believe that many parolees might not even sign up for parole, or leave after a couple of months. Halfway houses just keep him around and the gangs know where they are.
I see a reason that this guy(even though he is a pos might need a firearm. The LEOS know who he is, what he did and usually could care less if he lives or dies violently.