Ben Cline Slams ATF's 'Cavalier Attitude' And Playing 'Fast And Loose' With Americans' Lives

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  • During a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday, Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) spoke about the ATF's 'fast and loose' interpretations of federal and state laws.
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  • @stuckie3916
    @stuckie3916 4 месяца назад +91

    So does selling a car for profit invoke oversight by the EPA? When did making a profit become a crime?

    • @johnq.public5911
      @johnq.public5911 4 месяца назад

      In a COMMUNIST government, profit is FORBOTEN!

    • @fireballxl5328
      @fireballxl5328 4 месяца назад

      only a crime in done by a law abiding citizen. If a criminal politician is is encouraged

  • @brianh3434
    @brianh3434 4 месяца назад +106

    Abolish the aft they need to be disbanded.

    • @zim63
      @zim63 4 месяца назад +1

      Contact your Representative. Tell them this. You can do it quickly and easily from your phone. You can even send a message through their website.

  • @robynrin7107
    @robynrin7107 4 месяца назад +53

    This poor widow having to sit feet from this evil man arguing about her husband’s “intent”. So they killed him because they thought he was a bad person. This is sick

    • @almaadams3631
      @almaadams3631 4 месяца назад

      Remember the two resent "deaths" of Boeing employees( whistle blowers)???
      This guy was assassinated because of his involvement in the airline industry.

    • @richardcallihan9746
      @richardcallihan9746 3 месяца назад

      ATF turned off power to the house, taped over cameras, and then Broke in.
      Said Police.
      {Just What a Home Envader Would Do.}

  • @anthonysmith756
    @anthonysmith756 4 месяца назад +69

    Dettelbach Is either massively incompetent or doing this deliberately. No matter what one it is he needs to be jailed. At the very least.

    • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252
      @chemistryofquestionablequa6252 4 месяца назад +6

      It’s deliberate, nobody is this incompetent

    • @letsdothis9063
      @letsdothis9063 4 месяца назад

      They are coached by lawyers and PR staff before they go to these hearings. Thats why they never answer the freaking questions.
      They are told exactly what to say, and what not to say.
      It's so frustrating. A judge would make them actually answer.

    • @fireballxl5328
      @fireballxl5328 4 месяца назад

      WHY DO YOU THINK BRANDON CHOSE A COMMUNIST LEFT WING PROSECUTOR TO PUT IN THIS POSITION. no knowledge required about A of T or F

    • @katykayy
      @katykayy 4 месяца назад

      @@letsdothis9063 Dettlebach IS a lawyer! That’s the problem! No lawyer should EVER head any law enforcement agency!

    • @reneeg4817
      @reneeg4817 4 месяца назад

      ​@@katykayyhe was appointed by Byeden

  • @Hank13608
    @Hank13608 4 месяца назад +31

    Hey Dettelbach, here's some news for you: the Congressman isn't here to debate you, he is here to get straight answers to his questions, which you refuse to give..

  • @keithkillingsworth5674
    @keithkillingsworth5674 4 месяца назад +44

    Shall NOT BE INFRINGED !!!

  • @scvandy3129
    @scvandy3129 4 месяца назад +45

    Congressman Cline: " . . . we're not gonna allow you [ATF] to do that."
    Sweet.

    • @CaptainSeamus
      @CaptainSeamus 4 месяца назад +3

      Now I hope he follows up his words with action. I would have asked Dettelbug in a different way - gently explaining to him that he is a laughing stock and unless and until he gets his thugs cleaned out and a proper protector of peoples rights in place, no one will ever respect him or the agency he represents. Dettelbug is a mockery.

  • @ericcarter2020
    @ericcarter2020 4 месяца назад +25

    Someone ask him to SHOW THE RULES TO THEM?

  • @geraldervin6342
    @geraldervin6342 4 месяца назад +24

    Unless I am mistaken, rules are not laws! Congress needs to approve changes in the law! ATF has gone overboard and making up their own Rules!

  • @jackfanning7952
    @jackfanning7952 4 месяца назад +33

    ATF Director is way too aggressive. Anyone dealing with gun laws that is this aggressive is disturbing. He reminds me of the Beluchi Samurai Swordsman character.

  • @lucysmith110
    @lucysmith110 4 месяца назад +33

    ATF is the perfect definition of slime sludge!

  • @dalejohnson7980
    @dalejohnson7980 4 месяца назад +102

    It's murder...without a doubt.

  • @user-bq3ce3kw1y
    @user-bq3ce3kw1y 4 месяца назад +18

    They did not need him on the premises, it is not like they needed him for questions, or a tour and they could have gone to his work to arrest him before or after and had him safely in custody, not that would have been more embarrassing, the only thing I can see was to instill fear in him and everyone else, that escalates and makes it more dangerous and is the opposite of his claim to mitigate

  • @jamesdilts277
    @jamesdilts277 4 месяца назад +201

    The ATF needs to be gone, disbanded and some one needs to go to prison.

    • @kitchiekuhns7422
      @kitchiekuhns7422 4 месяца назад +6

      2A "...shall not be infringed". Can anyone tell me what the sub-sections are to the 2A?!

    • @skymachellealexis
      @skymachellealexis 4 месяца назад

      They will

    • @captainkidd1329
      @captainkidd1329 4 месяца назад

      The entire administration needs to be charged for murder espionage and genocidal crimes. Because biden started the wars. FJB FDL (democrat leftist)

    • @saltyolbroad2962
      @saltyolbroad2962 4 месяца назад +2

      We need to call our representatives and tell them that!

    • @saltyolbroad2962
      @saltyolbroad2962 4 месяца назад

      ​@@kitchiekuhns7422there are no subsections.

  • @auntlala4971
    @auntlala4971 4 месяца назад +25

    Close ATF now

    • @sharonprice4083
      @sharonprice4083 4 месяца назад

      But then you will have people crying because you are trying to take away their 2nd amendment.

    • @richardcallihan9746
      @richardcallihan9746 3 месяца назад

      All agents to the Border Patrol all management and bureaucrats to the door. Status unemployed.

  • @geraldjones2099
    @geraldjones2099 4 месяца назад +29

    This dude has become much better and rehearsed since his confirmation hearings. The evolution shows alot of practicing works. He obfuscates much better now.

    • @goosecouple
      @goosecouple 4 месяца назад +6

      He is alot like Mayorkas now.

    • @jong2359
      @jong2359 4 месяца назад +1

      @@goosecouple its like they all went to the same school. Mayorkas, Dettlebech, AOC, Jean-Pierre, etc... they all speak the EXACT same way.

    • @johnwallace7694
      @johnwallace7694 4 месяца назад

      @@goosecouple Yes Just like My dorkis

  • @darrellepickering8433
    @darrellepickering8433 4 месяца назад +12

    Since when has Congress passed those rules into law? Fred Flintstone's a lawyer & ignorant of what a gun is! The ATF makes their own rules.

  • @militantnormal428
    @militantnormal428 4 месяца назад +13

    These government bureaucrats are what is wrong with our government! They are a bunch of “we know what is best for everyone else” type jerks!

  • @Shadowcruise99
    @Shadowcruise99 4 месяца назад +6

    *All the pageantry means nothing, without Congressional action. Defund the ATF.*

  • @LipstickNsofrito
    @LipstickNsofrito 4 месяца назад +8

    Everyone..have a wonderful day..blessings and much love to you all ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @glbligliliyglihglig
    @glbligliliyglihglig 4 месяца назад +7

    More smoke and mirrors, have to show they are doing something to justify their jobs. these meetings do nothing !

  • @charlesanderson9277
    @charlesanderson9277 4 месяца назад +7

    1ST - GET RID OF DIDDLEBRAIN NOW ! 2ND - SHUT DOWN THE ATF NOW

  • @Oldmanlearns718
    @Oldmanlearns718 4 месяца назад +7

    WAIT LITIGATION? SO WHO IS CHALLENGING OR WHO IS ATF CHALLENGING IN COURT? AND THE EVEN BIGGER QUESTION IS WHO THE HELL IS PAYING THE ATF LEGAL TEAM TO FIGHT AGAINST THE RIGHTS OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS? ARE WE LITERALLY PAYING FOR OUR RIGHTS TO BE TAKEN FROM US?

  • @kandaschurr7034
    @kandaschurr7034 4 месяца назад +16

    This guy is supposed to be speaking English, but his answers make no sense to me.

    • @stluge
      @stluge 4 месяца назад

      It's babbling bullshit

  • @bobbykeller3505
    @bobbykeller3505 4 месяца назад +10

    And you can tell by his body language that he's lying through his teeth

  • @michaelcourts3605
    @michaelcourts3605 4 месяца назад +6

    Do these clowns get tired on how to talk and not say anything 🤔
    Dismantle the corrupt ATF

  • @ralphsims3101
    @ralphsims3101 4 месяца назад +6

    What happened to the guns they lost? They sold them. Are they licensed as a dealer. NO

  • @55418und
    @55418und 4 месяца назад +4

    Pull the funding that goes to the ATF. Just defund them altogether.

  • @royvahldieck9381
    @royvahldieck9381 4 месяца назад +2

    ATF, FBI and DOJ needs to be put out of business!!

  • @randylochtefeld2806
    @randylochtefeld2806 4 месяца назад +7

    “Too cute by half” well said.

  • @bobperrine6193
    @bobperrine6193 4 месяца назад +11

    Another non-answer

  • @The_Critical_Critic
    @The_Critical_Critic 4 месяца назад +8

    Stop Scooby-Doing the answers......

  • @stacieadams1403
    @stacieadams1403 4 месяца назад +5

    This was Murder ..

    • @ghosty426
      @ghosty426 4 месяца назад

      The ATF didn't want body cameras because they took the time and trouble to tape over tbe Victim's doorbell camera and cut the power to his lights. This was planned to have no recording devices as witnesses.

  • @kipdavis9938
    @kipdavis9938 4 месяца назад +7

    This guy's body language is beyond pathetic

  • @the_roflcakes
    @the_roflcakes 4 месяца назад +3

    Hearing after hearing for this strong arm tyrant department and nothing ever changes. What is it going to take to make it clear that people are fed up with the federal government over reaching and doing anything but protecting our rights as Americans?

  • @Billstoutsellscars
    @Billstoutsellscars 4 месяца назад +2

    "The rule" "the rule" "the rule" -- THAT IS THE PROBLEM -- 3 letter agencies making "rules" and enforcing those "rules" as law. Only Congress should be making laws

  • @revkim213
    @revkim213 4 месяца назад +6

    How does anyone prove intent? Are they mind readers?

  • @Rick-j6l
    @Rick-j6l 4 месяца назад +11

    Liarer

  • @M.A.-jm8pt
    @M.A.-jm8pt 4 месяца назад +4

    Blah, blah, blah, nothing will come of this…….

  • @timothyconn4369
    @timothyconn4369 4 месяца назад +4

    … it’s as if a man has a book of matches…. He’s automatically an arsonist…

  • @davidstockton601
    @davidstockton601 4 месяца назад +6

    Have we forgot Waco

    • @thomaslawson801
      @thomaslawson801 4 месяца назад +1

      Apparently the ATF has.
      Sooner or Later someone will remind them when to,"Get off my Grass."😮😮

  • @lou6254
    @lou6254 4 месяца назад +3

    Interesting word intent and like many other things it's a two-way street, Isn't that why the head of the ATF is there now, because we're trying to find out what was the intent behind this ambush-like raid.

  • @edfederoff2679
    @edfederoff2679 4 месяца назад +1

    Based on the Director's answers, by what authority/jurisdiction did the ATF no-knock raid Mr. Malinowski's house, and render him deceased?

  • @BruthaVIII
    @BruthaVIII 4 месяца назад +5

    "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Juvenal ("Who will watch the watchmen?").

    • @mcpig3240
      @mcpig3240 4 месяца назад

      Who guards the guardians?

  • @oreillysc1
    @oreillysc1 4 месяца назад +1

    Why doesn’t the ATF go out and arrest the criminals who illegally use firearms in a crime and stop adding rules to bypass making laws that solely target legal gun owners.

    • @AverageBeausOutdoor
      @AverageBeausOutdoor 3 месяца назад

      That takes too much effort for lazy government agents. They just want their pension.

  • @notsure1582
    @notsure1582 3 месяца назад

    "The law is different in every case, but all Americans are expected to know the law." --ATF Director.
    ☝️
    This is the very definition of "arbitrary and capricious", and that is my understanding of "tyranny".

  • @frankliebsch6754
    @frankliebsch6754 4 месяца назад

    Dettelback is an arrogant bureaucrat. Needs to be removed from office!

  • @nickbr15
    @nickbr15 3 месяца назад +1

    my tax going to waste
    There is something very wrong with this agency because I live in a very dangerous place and there are always incidents involving firearms and never in my life has an agent been here running after illegal weapons against bandits or do they only come in the early hours of the morning like they did with this good citizen
    yes because he had no records.

  • @MichaelDonapel
    @MichaelDonapel 4 месяца назад +1

    Despite all of these words a man is still dead and a agent from the atf took that life

  • @steponacracker3865
    @steponacracker3865 4 месяца назад +1

    What a clown!!!

  • @ImprovmanZero
    @ImprovmanZero 4 месяца назад

    As a layman my takeaway from their rule is that they can decide you are a dealer if you ever think about selling guns. unless they decide they don't want to

  • @neckpower
    @neckpower 4 месяца назад +2

    defund

  • @daverichard1909
    @daverichard1909 4 месяца назад

    Defund and disband the unconstitutional ATF. And hold little Stevie in contempt of Congress because...

  • @timclements-dh9sq
    @timclements-dh9sq 4 месяца назад

    Lawmakers can change the mission and scope of the ATF.

  • @Rolandjes37
    @Rolandjes37 4 месяца назад

    Its dangerous for Americans to listen politicians

  • @clseairsppt
    @clseairsppt 4 месяца назад

    The ATF took good intentions and went overboard. The vagueness of the laws makes all a criminal. His own version of their laws leave out language that they were trying to expose. It’s almost to the point of prosecution before action of a crime. And of course it more than includes average citizens.

  • @Gregory-en5kq
    @Gregory-en5kq 4 месяца назад

    Would someone ask what Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms have in common?

  • @tompowers8495
    @tompowers8495 4 месяца назад

    Talk,talk,talk,talk,talk,talk, it means nothing till they go to jail for murder.......anything less is an insult to the American people and their Constitution

  • @landiln21
    @landiln21 4 месяца назад +1

    This guy is a murderer.

  • @KalindiPrana
    @KalindiPrana 2 месяца назад

    the fact that the atf wrote a rule at all is crazy. law enforcement not law creation.

  • @donnasmith940
    @donnasmith940 4 месяца назад

    Let our Congress make the laws. Bot the ATF.

  • @JJ-Freedom
    @JJ-Freedom 4 месяца назад

    Pretty simple. Defend your house if they show up. They will get the point after a while. The cops enforcing this are just as corrupt.

  • @richardcallihan9746
    @richardcallihan9746 3 месяца назад

    ATF turned off power to the house, taped over cameras, and then Broke in.
    Said Police.
    {Just What a Home Envader Would Do.}

  • @greghardy9476
    @greghardy9476 3 месяца назад

    Many collectors look at their collections as investmemts. So that makes them dealers and subject to the same treatment as Mr. Malinowski?

  • @andrewcanady6644
    @andrewcanady6644 4 месяца назад

    A TRAGEDY? A FUCKIN TRAGEDY?!

  • @everardobasilio7918
    @everardobasilio7918 4 месяца назад +1

    I AM GOD!! REFUSING TO THE TRUTH DOES NOT CHANGE IT! YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY GOD WITH MY LIFE! I AM GOD 🙏 AND YOUR LIFE IS MINE 🙏

  • @CaptainSeamus
    @CaptainSeamus 4 месяца назад

    Dettelbug is like the worst kind of used car salesman... shamefully shameless.

  • @briamcrawford410
    @briamcrawford410 4 месяца назад

    WHERE ARE THE GUNS & THE COINS ATF TOOK???

  • @timstackdesign9825
    @timstackdesign9825 3 месяца назад

    Where is everyone

  • @joquintero4995
    @joquintero4995 3 месяца назад

    What is ATF doing about the Mexican Cartel at our borders? Do they act when the cartel are in the USA with cartel guns?

  • @marilynshelor1271
    @marilynshelor1271 4 месяца назад +2

    I have started losing IQ points every time I listen to this bozo try to explain why THEY BROKE THE LAW!!

  • @Maltduck100
    @Maltduck100 4 месяца назад

    Fire him already

  • @VicMartin80
    @VicMartin80 4 месяца назад +1

    This man can’t even answer a straight question.

  • @markdavidhizar2655
    @markdavidhizar2655 4 месяца назад

    Why are there so many empty chairs. Thats the proplem every Replican should get off their ass and make this important. The absence of the elected representatives speaks loudly...if a Republican secretary were on the stand the other side would all be there

  • @Maltduck100
    @Maltduck100 4 месяца назад

    Who was the one that sent the guns to Mexico that were military-grade

  • @PatriciaColosimo
    @PatriciaColosimo 4 месяца назад

    Get rid of him! This man is so dangerous and dishonest!

  • @rickturner3227
    @rickturner3227 4 месяца назад +1

    Looks to me like more talks 0 ACTION

  • @stepheng1138
    @stepheng1138 4 месяца назад

    im tired of hearing diddlebach skirt around answering questions by giving off the wall bs explainations...in fact im tired of hearing his mouth... put him in prison, disband the atf.

  • @kencole781
    @kencole781 4 месяца назад

    Is fast and loose the same as fast and furious?😮

  • @Dawna-y2c
    @Dawna-y2c 4 месяца назад

    And we're not going to allow you to do that I hand the floor back

  • @fireballxl5328
    @fireballxl5328 4 месяца назад

    Abolish ATF

  • @Josh-fo5fd
    @Josh-fo5fd 4 месяца назад

    The rule speaks for itself? I've watched too much of this. This where members of Congress are unclear on what the rule is, continuously ask this guy what the rule means because it's unclear, then has the gall to say the rule speaks for itself? Piss in my mouth and tell me it's raining why don't you.

  • @robertjensen4525
    @robertjensen4525 3 месяца назад

    This guy is a joke he needs to remove himself from office he is out of line

  • @defiantmopar
    @defiantmopar 4 месяца назад

    You can tell this guy was a lawyer. Using doublespeak to push his own agenda

  • @enchentez
    @enchentez 4 месяца назад

    WHY IN THE UTTER FUCK DO YOU LIMIT THE QUESTIONERS' TIME?

  • @tonyruba3175
    @tonyruba3175 4 месяца назад

    This guy is slimier than Mayorkas. Textbook definition of an out-of-control bureaucrat...

  • @ShellyD-yh4xq
    @ShellyD-yh4xq 4 месяца назад +1

    Why would you go at dark,,,,,why would you cover up the home camera....I think you know you was illegally doing wrong....WHO ORDER THIS TO CARRY OUT....

  • @chemistcurtis
    @chemistcurtis 4 месяца назад +1

    The only reason for this change is to be able to continue the tracking of who owns a gun. ATF is trying to make changes to laws to circumvent other laws.

  • @phillipwhite3079
    @phillipwhite3079 4 месяца назад

    How many guns does he own !!!

  • @cpenguinfan
    @cpenguinfan 4 месяца назад +1

    Defund the atf!!

  • @zaneakbar4108
    @zaneakbar4108 4 месяца назад

    Gun sellers must do the right thing but the ATF wouldn't do the right thing 😂

  • @charlesatterbury2914
    @charlesatterbury2914 4 месяца назад

    he srone walling it all

  • @Andrzej-uw1ho
    @Andrzej-uw1ho 4 месяца назад +1

    He is wiper snake

  • @russellbartrug
    @russellbartrug 3 месяца назад

    This dude is a worm!

  • @DavidJones-ey6ie
    @DavidJones-ey6ie 4 месяца назад

    This is a fall guy

  • @darrallipke8070
    @darrallipke8070 4 месяца назад

    Is he kin to mayorkis

  • @MrHydenSeek
    @MrHydenSeek 4 месяца назад

    This guy answers nothing but b.s. talk.

  • @nullentry6032
    @nullentry6032 4 месяца назад

    Steve Dettelbach Early Life: every single time

  • @neckpower
    @neckpower 4 месяца назад +146

    The ATF got the results they expected. A gunowner reacting to a home invasion.

    • @elzippo488
      @elzippo488 4 месяца назад

      Bobby traps are the only answer left then. Careful what you vote for.

    • @oreillysc1
      @oreillysc1 4 месяца назад +2

      Sadly I think that’s what they wanted. You nailed it. As to why?? I’m assuming to make a statement and intimidate the public

    • @scottromer8584
      @scottromer8584 3 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely intentional. Cut power, tape over camera, nothing showing ATF or law enforcement, barge into a gun owners home. Now they want the IRS armed???

    • @jeffashcraft2388
      @jeffashcraft2388 3 месяца назад

      ​@@scottromer8584Obama bought and distributed weapons to the IRS when he was in office.
      Smith and Wesson AR-15 carbine and the Beretta 1301 shotgun are the standard-issue long-guns to trained members of the IRS-CI long-gun cadre. Members of the long-gun will be issued one or both of these firearms long-guns on a permanent basis depending on weapon availability.”

    • @saltyolbroad2962
      @saltyolbroad2962 3 месяца назад

      It does actually seem like they went there planning on killing him. That's why they didn't serve it when he wasn't home.

  • @Maltduck100
    @Maltduck100 4 месяца назад

    Who was the one that sent the guns to Mexico that were military-grade