Troy Nehls Presses ATF Director Over New Stabilizing Brace Rule
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2023
- At today's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) grilled ATF Director Steven Dettelbach about the new stabilizing brace rule.
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Abolish the ATF.
@@VarianteMobile Agreed. Abolish the ATF, CIA, FBI, IRS, DOE, the Fed... And start investigations immediately into violations of Americans' rights and put EVERYONE complicit in any violations in jail. "Just doing my job" is no different than "just following orders." It's not an acceptable excuse.
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The republicans have their chance now to totally take away all money in the budget from the ATF and nothing will change only good people will be safer
@@JumpmanKain the constitution will stand. Blood will be spilled
@@standardworks
Yours. 🤡
Atf stated the brace was OK.
ATF re-iterated the braces were OK.
Now they say it is a felony after nearly a decade of being on the market and millions of examples being sold.
Standard Politics
Entrapment
A clear violation of Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 of the constitution. Ex post facto must come in to play here and any brace purchased before the ban must be grandfathered in.
Next the Democrats plan to remove all handles and sights from pistols; according to their NWO masters wish's.
Right at the end he admitted that its not the brace, INFACT it is the long and short barrels that's attached to them!??!.
I thought that you attached the brace to the gun, ar, ak, whatever, NOT BUY THE BRACE AND MAYBE YEARS LATER THE GUN....PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE THINKING...ALL ABOUT STRIPPING EVERYONE'S 2ND AMMENDMENT....
ATF director is not capable of doing the correct work that is needed. Thank you congressman. Fire this director.
Fire the director?, I think we can do even better, convert the atf into a convenience store branch....maybe they will finally be useful to the people that pay them.
he's not capable or interested in answering questions
Just ABOLISH the entire atf.
@@norsewarlock8331 I wish I could give you more kudos. That's the #1 answer for all the money.
What I think is weird is that the ATF director should be pro 2A. He should be looking to see that our rights are maintained and not just try to see if he can take guns away. He represents ALL the people of our nation and that means he represents the Pro 2A half of the nation as well.
Become a felon for 'rules' established by an unelected federal entity?
Tax rules at that
Rules are NOT laws. The Constitution states only Congress can establish rules. These agencies have been unconstitutionally given lawmaker status. The Congress has abdicated their duty so they don't have to do their actual job and they aren't blamed for unpopular rules.
"Because a proper walking cane could be fashioned into the barrel of a gun. I must now walk about with a staff like bloody Gandalf straight out of the shire. There is no Science here only the meek and fearful."
@@DudeSoWin a shepherd's staff🙂
No wonder they used for hucking projectiles at wolves👍
I have a few and they're pretty awesome once you learn how to use them some people use an old golf club👍
That should be a statement, not a question. I think there will be a lot of people that chose to become a felon for rule established by an unelected federal entity.
He keeps saying “it depends on whether they are aware they had to register.”
Ask any DA in the USA, and the first thing they will tell you is that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.”
No prosecutor in this country will give a whit about whether you knew about a law before they put you in prison for the rest of your life.
Yep. The next time a cop stops you for going 75 in a 50, tell him you didn't know what the speed limit is and see how it goes for you. Dettelbach is a liar, and a very bad one.
Unless you are a cop then you can do whatever you want.
He is also lying when he says they wont go after you if you simply remove the brace from a gun and keep them apart. If they catch you with both items in your possession, even if they are separated, that is a felony also (intent to construct or something like that) so he is openly lying about that it will not make felons out of millions on this basis too.
Prosecutors won't have time or funds to take any of these cases they don't even have time to take 180 lb meth
Overwhelmingly ironic given that was his previous job, he's a former prosecutor. Either this man is lying or overwhelmingly ignorant. Either way, he has no place in the halls of power.
Defund the ATF $0.00 a year
Why can't they hold these "witnesses" in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer a simple question. DO SOMETHING CONGRESS!
Would you like to be made to answer questions about something that could get you in trouble for?
@@dt1064 doesn't matter. Don't accept a position in government if you don't want to be held accountable.
@@dt1064 when you answer something honestly the actions one takes in response won't necessarily "get you in trouble" especially in situations like this
I would threaten them. "Give me a yes/no answer or you will be carried out of here in handcuffs. Enough of these people. Time to get NASTY with them. Civility isn't working.
@@dt1064 Yes, how dare someone be made to tell the truth.
CUT FUNDING to these rogue agencies
5:13 the best comment on this thread. Contempt, jail, arrest, abolish these clowns don’t mean anything. They know congress has problems trying to get rid of them, so they aren’t intimidated. Defunding however scares the hell out of them. NO increase, in fact cut their budget by 25% and keep cutting it to “out of existence” situation.
Damn right!!!!!
@@eddiehogg6079 two things stick out in my mind. Money talks and BS walks. Secondly, 25 years ago Rush Limbaugh said on his show, “when someone says it’s not about the money, really….remember, ITS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY. Still wise words.
How in the hell can the ATF charge anyone with a crime based on RULES? America is a country of LAWS of which we can be charged criminally and cannot be charged for breaking a rule. The ATF has stepped in and it's time to abolish.
I don't get how the atf can just whip out laws like this...I thought only our Elected officials made laws
@@patriciawitt8174 they can't, but they believe the Biden regime will back them up, and are likely doing this at their behest.
ATF has no authority to make laws, they are criminals playing cops and robbers.
@@patriciawitt8174 exactly
If the ATF is abolished that creates a power vacuum for some other alphabet agency to take up. ATF needs to stand forever as an empty vessel.
Any law that is unconstitutional is considered null and void. It’s not just our right to defy tyrannical gun control laws, it’s our duty. The ATF went way too far a long time ago.
Tell that to the jury that just convicted Matt Hoover of shilling a picture on a piece of metal.
@@gregsmith5695 great example of why the ATF has no place in our society. That man did nothing wrong. We will get him out of it, believe that.
@@flockwitaglock2139 It is only one example. They shot and burned children alive in the past.Not much happened. No one was fired. In fact commendations were handed out.
This is a deeper systemic problem than defunding or abolishing the ATF. It is cultural and societal and I think that we are past the tipping point of stopping the sheep from tumbling over the cliff.
I think the best that can be hoped for is not getting dragged over with the mob.
Remember Matt's case. You can blame the ATF for getting butt hurt. You can blame the judge for allowing some rather ridiculous theories from the prosecution. You can blame the prosecutor who enjoys absolute immunity but in the end there was a jury of 8 women and 4 men that voted unanimously for conviction of a non crime. That case was a first amendment case not a second amendment case.
This is where WE are today. Standing on enemy territory in our own homeland.
@@flockwitaglock2139 'CRS FIREARMS CASE: Can this 2014 legal precedent involving ATF save Matt Hoover?' from The Four Boxes Diner, on the Tube of You.
Because the ATF didn't get the KeyCard to work, they caused a malfunction with the rifle.
All gun laws violate the 2A and should have been struck down long ago .
Apparently a decade of following the law now gets you a decade in prison.
How many Executions of Legal Americans, by the ATF, will have to happen before they are held Accountable????
I'll answer the question of what happens next in terms of being a US citizen... 1776.2
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I appreciate the congressman calling ATF in for questioning, but I feel this is all for show, some unsuspecting person is going to get 10 years and nobody going to be safer or will any violent crime be stopped Congress needs to actually do something about the brace rule, because it’s going to take years to get through courts, people will be in prison over stupid rules not laws
Or worse, some suspecting indivudual is going to fight back and get murdered by the ATF.
@@Uphold-your-Rights or “cause crime” by murdering some tyrants.
My guess is that it's really unlikely that all this BS will survive the courts. So keep your head down and wait it out.
Someone’s going to get eternity.
Does congress have the ability to fire these people?
You have a choice of two words, yes or no.
No. But they can impeach them or defund the agencies. Sadly, they can't defund their pensions.
No
@@CR67 Tell that to my grandfather who was suppose to get around 22,000$ a month for being in the army from WW2 to 1992 and working for the FAA, in the end they gave him the middle finger and he only got around 8,000 a month after retiring.
When tyrany becomes law, does rebellion become duty? Yes or no.
The 2nd amendment is the tool to fight back.
The 2nd amendment is an inalienable right!!!
"Shall not be infringed on".
Gun laws are an "infringement"
definition: the action of limiting or undermining something. "Limiting" who can have a firearm and where,when by directly "undermining" the 2nd amendment.
1st part "a well regulated Militia" was described as "able bodied men willing and able to take up arms if they should need to in order to secure and maintain a free state of living".
The 2nd amendment was put in place to prevent (government) over reach from (infringing) on our (rights).
This means police,military or reserves do NOT classify as "militia" as some argue becuase they are a "government" entity.
Time for case law.
Miranda v arizona "where rights secured by the constitution are involved, there can be no ruling or legislation which would abrogate them".
South carolina v united states " the constitution is a written instrument,as such its meaning does not alter. That which it ment when it was adopted,it means now".
Marbury v madison 1803 u.s. reports vol. 5 page 137
This is one of the leading cases in the history of the united states of america, the opinion of the court was given by the honorable judge John Marshall cheif Justice on the supreme court. His opinion was anything that is in conflict is null and void of law clearly he said that "for a secondary law to come in conflict with the supreme law was illogical, for certainly the supreme law would prevail over all other laws and certainly our forfathers had intended that the supreme law would be the basis of all law, and for any law to come in conflict would be null in void of law, it would bear no power to enforce,it would bare no obligation to obey, it would purport the settle as if it never existed for unconstitutionality would date from any enactment of such a law. No courts are bound to uphold it and no citizens are bound to obey it. "
It operates as a mere nullity or fiction of law, which means it DOESNT EXSIST in law.
Nysrpa v bruen 2022 " the right to keep and bear arms includes bearing arms for personal protection outside of the home, current and future laws would be required to meet historical tradition"
Mcdonald v city of chicago 2010 "the 2nd amendment is fundamental for self defense and applies to the states under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment"
District of Columbia v Heller "The right to keep and bear arms is infact an individual right, and no active militia participation is necessary to excercise that right.",
1939 miller v. united states "military and militia style weapons are protected under the 2nd amendment"
Plummer v. State was an 1893 court case decided by the Indiana Supreme Court. The case overturned a manslaughter conviction, ruling that the convicted defendant had been protecting himself from the illegal use of force by a police officer.
If you are pro 2nd amendment you are pro 2nd amendment for everyone.
if you are not then you are not pro 2nd amendment, you're pro 2nd amendment to those you approve of.
All these gun laws violate the constitution period and people need to stand up to this.
Absolutely every person in the United states has an equal right to keep and bear arms.
It does not matter what some state law says or city law says it does not matter your background.
your are a "person" and a "citizen."
All state and city laws are bound by the constitution and if they are not they do not have to be followed as they are tyranical in nature.
Every single gun law on the books is illegal. Nics background check is illegal,switch bans,magazine bans,bumpstock bans,assault weapons bans are all illegal.
Every gun law legally has to go.
not sure. i know with criminality they can only make recommendations for w/e and its up to the fbi / doj to follow up on these things.
Dettelbach is saying we can change the rules, regulations, and definitions anytime we want and you won't do a thing to stop us.
Since when does anyone but our ELECTED officials have the right to make laws
@patriciawitt8174 its not a law , it's an unfair rule.
Since about 1910 when our country sold out
@@Mark-yn8ji if you can end up in prison, federal prison at that for a 'rule' I'd consider it as good as law.
It's actually the fault of our elected officials AND the people. They have allowed the government to get so big that that congress pawns off part of their job to different departments. What they can and cannot do is controlled by a rule called Chevron Deference. Look it up if you want to know more.
WHY DON'T THESE WITNESSES EVER FRIKING JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS??? 🤔 for the love of God they will drive me crazy
They can't answer the questions because they know the truth full answers will show their treason.
They're hoping they can polish their enough that you don't realize it's a
Done on purpose friend. They are coached and trained.
@@mikelee6936 Exactly 💯 correct
These people have limited time and if the answer isn't conducive to their goal they just waste time with these preludes and length non answers to waste their time and effectively try to filibuster.
The ATF considers the firearm alone? Matt Hoover says hello, and asks to be allowed to return to his family and his business with all charges dismissed.
Sometimes Show And Tell is the best you can do. I applaud the congressman’s showman.
At least he made a fool out of this jerk.
It’s time we started raising some kind of hell, and this is a damned lot better than nothing.
They consider the firearm... Thats the key statement.. THATS WHAT THEY WANNA TAKE, not the 10 bucks worth of plastic brace
It is a brace, a harmless brace that allows the shooter more control, it does not empower the weapon, it does not make the rounds faster so WTF is really going on? They are opening a door they will bust wide open if given the chance.
How could anyone keep a straight face when saying this is something that deserves all the time and attention it got?
Out of all the constructive and worthy things that could be done, the ATF focused all their time and energy on this.
Something that if left alone wouldn't hurt anyone. (While in fact it would generate tax revenue through sales)
But by enforcing this millions of innocent law abiding people will become felons.
Not to mention all the time spent on these people is time they could be focusing on ACTUAL CRIMINALS!
It’s a precedent, nothing more.
Give inch take mile.
@@johncox2865YES.. They KNOW this is harmless piece of plastic.. They are looking for "that opening ", to lay presidence for future confiscations.. DEFUND DEFUND
Defund these clowns.
Just get rid of the ATF.
It's amazing how no one put into a position under this administration can give a straight answer.
ATF director is just making a complimentary appearance, take his licks and leave. Nothing will change as long as the current regime is in charge. Obviously the ATF changed their rules on the fly but like anyone else in politics or corporate settings, they will never admit fault.
Who created the AFT ?
The department of treasury
democrats
My gawd frickin prosecutor running the ATF.. LUDICROUS!!
I feel like the director keeps falling back to "we're only targeting criminals with this rule" justification. It seems like if you have to tag additional charges on someone for doing a crime with a pistol brace rather than a non-braced pistol, maybe you need to re-evaluate the severity of the crime in the first place. Seems what they used to commit the crime doesn't make it more or less grievous. Are we saying it's more OK to do the crime with a long gun than with a SBR? Does it matter if someone is murdered with a 9mm or a cast iron pan?
It is the exact same logic that carry permits used. It was to prevent blacks from being able to carry guns. It was "understood" at the time of passage that the restrictions wouldn't be enforced against whites. Time just passed and people forgot.
All gun control in the US is racist at it's roots. If you are a "progressive" and reading this please fact check that statement. I dare you.
Even if you could brace a pistol on your shoulder, that changes absolutely nothing about the pistol. The caliber stays the same, the magazine stays the same, the barrel length stays the same. It's not a fcking rifle just because it has a stock! It's a pistol with a stock!
Even if you can argue that it makes it more stable and accurate.. that's less dangerous, not more dangerous.
This whole thing is much ado about nothing. Just the criminals Dem's pushing their gun control agenda, trying to take guns from regular citizens.
didnt you hear?! adding a brace to that pistol makes it .... errr... more concealable! That's the ticket!
@@axt2 It turns it into an Assaut Pistol
@@axt2 I thought I heard that. He said they're banning the brace because it's a concealability issue? By that logic, it should be illegal NOT to have a brace.
The ATF is the last group I would want to talk to about guns. They really are clueless about them.
Congressman: Were you speeding in your car?
ATF agent: Cars are made in many places. Some are made in Detroit, but there are other places.
Congressman: Were you speeding in your car?
ATF agent: Cars can carry many people. Some carry four people and some can carry six or even more people.
Congressman: Were you speeding in your car?
ATF agent: Most cars have four tires.
Congressman: Is it possible to get the truth out of you?
ATF agent: Every statement I have given has been truthful. We support cars.
You hit the nail on the head! 😂
Bingo
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Diddlebug could not even run the aft if it was a convenience store
Why don’t they talk about the FACT that after a set amount of time without an “Approval” of the tax stamp the ATF WILL do an “Enforcement” action and come steal your OWNED property……
They can take it all. Hope they've got level IV plates.
Americans have the right to possess any weapon used used by it's military.
Your arguments about the public not being allowed access certain weapons while it's governing body has been noted as attacking the constitutions and the people of America as the enemy.
ATF has no authority to be the governing body of tyranical dictating. Furthermore telling Americans what alowed to possess, Canada will not stand for the mutiny either.
Cheers
I swear this is identical to me asking my 4 year old if she did something she wasn’t supposed to. This guy’s only goal is to eat up the clock without answering any questions.
*Flashbacks to the Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial*
Just refuses to answer. It's really insane how nothing can be done about it. All this and nothing gets done about it
Plenty can be done. Congress is failing.
@traczebabe that's really my point. I worded it poorly. I'm tired of all these hearings and the truth coming out, to then just die in the public info sphere.
So they bitch and then get a clip and that's all.
They never follow through.
The other side does everything possible to push against these policies, but there's nothing ever done on this side.
Just reminds me of the turtle McConnell "slow down." 🐌 "hold on now..." and allow themselves to be trampled.
@@traczebabeYES.. Stop all these silly hearing they KNOW, are going nowhere.. Simply defund.. They are ANTIQUATED hold overbfrom bootlegging era.. The FBI does same work
This will open up the Pandora's Box that any sighting device installed on a firearm deems the firearm more deadly due to higher accuracy. This includes notches etched along any top portion of barrel that can be used to alight the barrel to a target, installed iron sights, scopes, dots, etc
Any extension included off of the breach or barrel of a firearm will be deemed illegal due to increased accuracy being in direct relation to being a more deadly weapon. This includes, grips, stocks, muzzle guards, foregrips, etc.
Do they even listen to themselves... YES, but That Is Not Their Agenda.
If I remember correctly the director said that if they have the brace off the gun then it wouldn't be believed but yet removing a brace from a rifle makes it a long barrel pistol which is illegal so in essence owning the brace on the gun is it going to make it illegal but removing it also makes it illegal and that guy doodlebach or doodle big whatever the hell his name is can't answer a simple yes or no and he knows nothing about guns or explosives so why is he the director
Yes.. Its AMAZING how these directors are confirmed my the senate, but have VERY LITTLE KNOWLEGE of thier Agencys info.. That director dosnt know any more about gunsbthrn MY MOTHER!
When confirming the FAA DIRECTOR.. He could NOT answer "what causes a aircraft to stall! My god! I, me,, i can answer that .. HE CUD NOT! CONFIRMED! ANYWAY
Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
A stabilizing device is a safety device. What's the beef?
NO agency should have a right to make law !!!! ANY judge sentencing people for RULES made by a bureaucrat has to be removed fro the bench !
They should be punished for refusing to answer questions in a hearing on this scale
He's answering, you can't enforce which specific words he can say
@Daniel Calderón if you ask for yes or no you should get a yes or no. Quit with the word games an be straight up
@ If you ask me the question "Are apples red?" and I reply with "We are an agency who is involved in the regulation of fruits and vegetables of a variety of colors, our goal is to look at the fruit and determine if it is of a hue decent enough to be considered red"
Have I answered your question or am I wasting time with nonsense to avoid answering?
hold him in contempt until they give a straight answer imo.
Mr Nehls.....Combat Infantry Badge.....well done Sir...Salute
These bureaucrats never answer questions.
Jim Jordan is the man , but Troy Nehls is right behind him . Asking the right question . Truth is , or my question is . Why id ATF making laws and enforcing them ?!?
He just said at the end " we're only interested in the long and short barrels that are attached to the brace!!" No, no, no ATF it's attached to the rifles, NOT THE RIFLES ARE ATTACHED TO IT...BE LIKE BUYING PETROL FOR A CAR YOU WANT TO BUY LATER!!???
I wonder they do not have a gun expert leading the ATF? Plausible deniability?
He was appointed by Beijing Biden what do you expect?
Im another proud veteran out HERE, watching clisely!!!!!!!
ATF want us to comply but ATF couldn't comply with answering any question 😕.
They work for the people. We need accountability. If I tried this double speak with my boss I would be fired.
WE need to be able to elect these people into these positions! Also we need to end these branches being able to create stupid laws! This is beyond ridiculous
So the ATF derives its authority from the NFA?!
So by getting rid of the NFA, the ATF goes with it; Sounds like a WIN WIN.
Make no mistake, this is tax law. They want to jail people over process crimes under a tax law. It never would have passed as an outright ban which is why it was formulated as such.
You can "comply" for free...as long as you submit to their "registration"...which has ALWAYS led to "Confiscation"..it's not about a tax, it's about knowing where all the guns are.
@@anthonyivy1305 complying isn’t free. Before you are allowed to give them all your information you have to pay them a $200 tax and consent to them “auditing” you at any time.
@Danner Wrong..they have waived the $200 tax fee until the end of May...nobody accepting "Amnesty" is being given stamps, but a amnesty form showing you complied, no stamp is attached. The ATF inspects businesses, not private residences...I've had NFA items from late 88 and never once had the ATF at my door....they are already bad enough, we don't have to make them sound worse than they already are
@@anthonyivy1305 I'm referring to NFA items in total. While they're pinky-swearing they won't prosecute you if you register, they also said these items were not NFA items. I wouldn't trust that an emboldened ATF wouldn't decide to ignore that promise, too, and go after everyone anyway whether you registered or not.
@@anthonyivy1305butbthe ARE worse then they seem.. I had a class one FFL and wasn't bothered once by them, but that was under Reagan yrs.. You may not realize, but under This admin,, they are trying to make it into a WEAPON.. Reagan era, vs now, 2 totally different organizations, AND the MISSION behind them ..
my problem with ALL hearings is, no matter the subject - no one answers the direct questions. i think IMO if you don't answer the question it's 30 days in jail for each question not answered - and they take you out of your chair right in the hearing and incarcerate you for the determined length of time . maybe then these people will start answering . they fear nothing because there is no penalty. If they did it this way the information would flow like a river .
How about a $10,000 fine the first time they don't give a direct answer. The second time is 30 days in jail, and if the person being questioned is a gov't employee, they lose their job and are barred from all public sector jobs for life.
@@sinjin6219 don't forget about the pension and health insurance.
the ATF has been kicking the Constitution to the curb for years and with this Administration will never have to worry about accountability....sad
ATF is doing pure entrapment and is against the law to do so.
Thank you Senator for fighting for our rights as law abiding citizens .
The ATF is a Kill Squad, and they want those stabilizing braces!
Thank you Troy Nehls.
I think its crazy the congress acts like they dont pass the laws
what a stuffed suit.
There is no need for ATF . There is nothing local PD in conjunction with Sheriffs , State PD , and FBI that can’t be handled .
WTF are executive branch agencies doing making rules (laws) anyway? Per the US Constitution, Article I, legislation (creation of laws) is the province of the legislative branch. The raison d'être of the executive branch is execute the laws, not create them. They should stay in their F'ing lane. No wonder they're fighting over spending and debt ceilings. There's duplication of roles and effort and funding of massively staffed bureaucracies never authorized by the Constitution.
I'm pretty sure a criminal can rig something up or get a gun he needs to commit the crime either way. What a waste of tax dollars to even have this conversation.
Just make them illegal!!
@@Dan-sc7us that’s not going to stop anything. Your not very bright are you.
@Dan why don't you come and take it yourself and stop hiding behind authoritarianism you jack-boot licking bot.
Wouldn't even need to rig. Just put an adjustable rifle stock on the buffer tube.
Or you could swap the lowers between a pistol and a rifle.
If it was a criminal to use in a crime she could just make one. But most criminals dont care to waste their time looking tacticool with a short cheek stock
Treasonous
Having to sit there all day and avoid answering questions is a super power most of us only wish we had.
Yea.. Lets you or me try that in court when a judge asks US questions.. We be held in contempt and jailed..
The ATF can't override state rules.
another Mayorkas clone
Ive never used or seen a pistol brace and the ATF keeps saying this brace makes a pistol more concealable. I’m sure I heard that several times. Can anyone explain or correct me on this.
It's not about concealment at all, it's about stability and accuracy
It doesn't change much about the weapon except the ability for a disabled person to use one. It's not so much a loophole, but was a part that was allowed to be mounted to a pistol that the ATF said many times was fine. They recently decided to reverse that after millions have been put into circulation without much issue but now it seems that people with these without going through an extensive and expensive process will be susceptible to a felony and standard 10 year prison sentence. What upsets many is that most regulatory agencies like the FAA when they find a violation can suspend a license or something of that nature. This particular agency has the ability to dictate significant laws that should be left to elected officials.
@@Rancid_Ninja the reason I asked for some clarity was because the term concealable was used more than once to my confusion. Perhaps the media got involved. IDK ??
It isn't the brace that makes the weapon concealable, it is the size of the weapon. A RIFLE must have a 16" barrel, whereas a PISTOL has no restriction. In practice, an AR pistol might have a 10" or even a 7" barrel and be significantly more concealable while the brace is commonly shouldered like a stock. The real issue isn't whether braces should be legal, but with a constitution that says "shall not be infringed",....why are short barreled rifles illegal?
@@johncharlton1210 why any NFA at all ?
You have a right to protect your community from tyranny. Once they start, don't not relent.
This is the penultimate example of what's wrong with our government. This little weasel is repeatedly refusing to answer how he plans to do his job to his bosses in Congress. Show me any other job where your boss can ask you simple, direct questions about doing your job and you can repeatedly choose not to answer them and still expect to keep that job. This guy's evasiveness is nothing short of ridiculous. Hold him in contempt and fire him.
Here this ATF Director states that original evalation was specific to the brace that was originally introduce.
After this inquiry, Congressman Thomas Massie literally pulls the original brace out the letter was referring to and asking him directly is this regulated now. MIC DROP. Absolutely eviscerated Dettelbach.
If he says "With respect to..." one more time...
Love this guy, he manage to never answer anything
The "gun nuts" in our government just won't give up!!
Be grateful
If he was in front of a judge he would absolutely be cited for contempt of court for his refusal to answer any of the questions.
Jail time for those that don't comply to answer from Congress questions under oath.
Defund atf
preach
How come nobody ever has to answer any questions to Congress? Literally never never never never never no one ever answers question how come they can keep getting away with this? What is the point of this hearring if they don't have to answer any questions?
Every ATF agent that has violated Americans constitutional rights should be in jail for life
40 million owners vs. 3,500 ATF agents; they are outnumbered 11,428 to 1. Try to remember who has the power here.
Protecting people.rediculous
If the ATF and police , when deposition or questions like this either in courts of law or Congress, can make either Congress or Court's of laws infuriatingly frustrated , by absolutely what we see evidence facts,,, in questioning like this,,,, imagine what they're doing to the people who are public
Can’t they just say rules are not laws. You have no right to enforce rules as law! Who do these people think they are?
you could never talk to me like that. I would hurt his feelings.
Last week a pair of 18 year olds stole a car, ran a red light and killed the occupant of the other car. The two that stole the car were charged with a misdemeanor. So to get this straight, these two teens stole a car, ran red light and killed someone and they are charged with a misdemeanor and if you violate a gun law and don't even hurt anyone you could end up charged with a felony and in jail for 10 years. Maybe the ATF needs to be defunded and any rules they propose needs to be approved by congress. In short, take away their ability to make rules that impact anyone without proper vetting. Defund the ATF and remove their ability to make laws that impact gun owners.
Go get em! Nice work!
I will NEVER comply with ATF rules and regulations as they are NOT a law enforcement branch. They are an extension of the IRS that is supposed to regulate, and oversee the collections of Taxes on firearms tobacco and explosives! Once i pay the applicable taxes at the FFL/Gun store and leave with my firearm, the ATF can no longer tell me what i can and can not do with it. CONGRESS made laws saying what i CAN NOT do, which local police enforce. ATF IS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT AGENCY!!
"The ATF doesn't care about the brace, only the weapon it's attached to."
Right, that's why I have to register and wait months to get a suppressor. Because it's not about the item, its about the weapon its attached to. Get real.
I think that guy,with all due respect, has no will to answer the question that would put them into hot water. :D
Troy Nehls, Pure American Patriot. I notice he is wearing a Army C.I.B. on his lapel. (Combat Infantry Badge). We need more like him. Thank you Sir for your Military and Political service. Try to use the confusing and vague Form 99 from ATF to determine if your pistol conforms. And if you choose to register as a SB rifle, what happens if your application is denied? You have submitted a picture of your firearm and your fingerprints and personal info and now you have incriminated yourself as to owning an UNREGISTERED short barrel rifle. YOU ARE NOW A FELON.
HELL YEAH!!! GET EM TROY!! That’s why i voted for you!!!!!!
How do these characters get appointed to these positions? What an embarrassment.
Again, how will this keep anyone Safe...
Because 1 deranged person commits a horrific crime with an item you can't hold everyone accountable...otherwise ban Ford SUVs...
Get ‘em!
Do not comply.
Violent crime is their focus? Tell that to the family of Matt hoover
Way to go Troy!!!
It’s amazing how people cannot answer a simple yes or no question just saying
Just like the ad that came after this, this "director" is both an eye and an earsore! Repeal the ATF already!