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Former ATF Agent Mocks New Gun Owners, Compares them to Tiger King
AmmoLand ^ | 16 April, 2020 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 04/18/2020 5:50:09 AM PDT by marktwain

Screenshot from C-Span video, cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten

David Chipman is a former ATF agent. He found a new gig as a spokesman for those who want the population disarmed. David Chipman's latest attempt at scaring Americans away from exercising their Second Amendment rights seems rather ham-handed. From cheddar.com:

David Chipman, Senior Policy Advisor at the Giffords organization said hopelessness, anxiety and fear might cause people to try to use firearms to control some aspect of their lives as they are inundated with concerning news about COVID-19, “but there are risks to that choice.”

“They might think that they’re die-hard, ready to go, but unfortunately they’re more like Tiger King and they’re putting themselves and their family in danger,” he said, referencing the popular new Netflix series and its central figure’s love of guns. Particularly without proper gun training, Chipman worries new gun owners are putting people at risk. Unintentional shootings makeup 1.3 percent of gun deaths and 18 percent of gun injuries.

He suggested first-time gun owners secure unloaded firearms. “Hide it behind the cans of tuna and beef jerky that you’ve stored in the cabinet,” he said.

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Chipman said he’s concerned about an increase in domestic violence cases and the possibility of a gun becoming part of that equation. Experts have warned quarantine may lead to more domestic violence incidents sprung from anxiety, loss of jobs and more time at home.

Fortunately, there is no evidence of a national spike in domestic violence. The Hill.com has

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; batf; chipman; davidchipman; guncontrol; sneeringjerk; tigerking
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Denigrating those you are attempting to influence seldom works to persuade.
1 posted on 04/18/2020 5:50:09 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

The scent of the Incel is strong from that one.


2 posted on 04/18/2020 5:52:35 AM PDT by House Atreides (It is not a HOAX but it IS A PRETEXT)
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To: marktwain

What an idiot.


3 posted on 04/18/2020 5:54:11 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: marktwain

As a “policy advisor”, he has no need to be armed. See his reaction to the prospect of HIS access to guns being taken away.


4 posted on 04/18/2020 5:54:40 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: marktwain

A condescending little prick, that Chimpman is.


5 posted on 04/18/2020 5:55:13 AM PDT by semaj (We are the People!)
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To: marktwain

Former BATFAG, huh?

Was he fired? Government employees are difficult to fire. You really have to mess up. I’d like to see his employment history.

Was he let go for mental issues?

The word “former” could mean a lot of negative things had to happen to get that way...


6 posted on 04/18/2020 5:55:51 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: marktwain

Sadly his opinion is consistent with active ATF agents. Their sole purpose is to turn legal gun owners into criminals.
By hook or crook.


7 posted on 04/18/2020 5:56:12 AM PDT by Founding Father (The Pedophile moHAMmudd [PBUH---Pigblood be upon him]; Charles Martel for President)
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To: marktwain

Sounds like an Obama retread.


8 posted on 04/18/2020 5:56:59 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: marktwain

BATFag.


9 posted on 04/18/2020 5:58:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: marktwain

No doubt that he being among the “trained” should be able to carry unlike the great unwashed masses he seems to think likely are not only untrained but untrainable.


10 posted on 04/18/2020 6:00:35 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: marktwain

I seem to recall (correctly I trust) reading in Wayne Lapierre’s book “Guns, Crime, and Freedom” about how it was seriously discussed by Congress around 1980 or thereabouts about disbanding the BATF altogether. Guess it’s been too long a wait to doing something like this, given this person’s attitude and remarks.


11 posted on 04/18/2020 6:03:16 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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He suggested first-time gun owners secure unloaded firearms.

Well, I'm not a first-time gun owner...far from it, but please tell me exactly how a locked-up and unloaded firearm is going to any damned thing for me.

This guy is a dick...pure and simple.

He talks down to those better than he, he postures without substance...in short, he's full of shit.

12 posted on 04/18/2020 6:03:57 AM PDT by OldSmaj (Living in the boondocks, bitterly clinging to my gun and my Bible. And loving it.)
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To: marktwain

His kind of stench make up 90% of globull warming.


13 posted on 04/18/2020 6:09:31 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: marktwain

He’s just afraid that the Battle of Athens (TN) which occurred in 1946. I believe this is brewing in each and every one of the DemocRAT run states where clueless governors are just asking for it.

Look it up, and gaze into the future for DemocRATs.


14 posted on 04/18/2020 6:10:04 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: marktwain

Bear arms. Don’t lock them in a cabinet, unloaded.


15 posted on 04/18/2020 6:14:05 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("Jesus was a fundamentalist".- BipolarBob)
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To: Da Coyote

Let’s not forget how well the ATF handled the Waco debacle!


16 posted on 04/18/2020 6:16:08 AM PDT by parmamenian (and so it goes!)
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To: OldSmaj

“This guy is a dick...pure and simple.”

And our gubermint is chock full o’ dicks.


17 posted on 04/18/2020 6:17:49 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: marktwain

This guy needs to lose his 1st amendment right to free speech because he is too stupid and dangerous for anyone to have to hear what he says.

Oh wait, this is pretty much the same argument he is using against people who want to exercise their 2nd amendment freedom.

JoMa


18 posted on 04/18/2020 6:17:55 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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That pic of Chubby McStupid shows a guy who loves to lord over people. He likes having guns and denying other the same.
19 posted on 04/18/2020 6:19:56 AM PDT by Arones (When Leftists are in a minority, then they look for other ways to win.)
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Particularly without proper gun training, Chipman worries new gun owners are putting people at risk. Unintentional shootings makeup 1.3 percent of gun deaths and 18 percent of gun injuries.

Who the hell is this idiot? Funny how they found him to TESTIFY!

I'll never forget the time I went to the range and three rookie cops and their overseer were on the lane next to me.

20 FEET and they couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. All over the paper.

20 posted on 04/18/2020 6:21:25 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Joe Biden: The gift that keeps on giving.)
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