‘Not A Firearms Expert’: Biden’s ATF Chief Admits He Can’t Define What An ‘Assault Weapon’ Is

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‘Not A Firearms Expert’: Biden’s ATF Chief Admits He Can’t Define What An ‘Assault Weapon’ Is


Trevor Schakohl
Legal Reporter
April 18, 2023 12:49 PM ET
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steve Dettelbach was unable to define the term “assault weapon” during his agency’s Tuesday budget request hearing  before a House Appropriations subcommittee.

Dettelbach told Republican Texas Rep. Jake Ellzey that he had expressed support for passing an assault weapons ban in Ohio during his unsuccessful 2018 campaign to become the state’s attorney general, noting that the Biden administration endorses instituting “an assault weapons ban.” Ellzey asked Dettelbach to define an “assault weapon” in 15 seconds.


“I’ll go shorter than that, because honestly, if Congress wishes to take that up, I think Congress would have to do the work, but we would be there to provide technical assistance,” Dettelbach said. “I, unlike you, am not a firearms expert to the same extent as you maybe, but we have people at ATF who can talk about velocity of firearms, what damage different kinds of firearms cause, so that whatever determination you chose to make would be an informed one.”

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[txradioguy]

Kinda hard to define that which doesn't exist except in the fervent imaginations of the anti gun groups.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

How can you be in favor of banning something when you don't even know what it is?

[GtHawk]

Kinda hard to define that which doesn't exist except in the fervent imaginations of the anti gun groups.

Apparently the idiot thinks the definition must have something to do with the velocity of a round.
“I, unlike you, am not a firearms expert to the same extent as you maybe, but we have people at ATF who can talk about velocity of firearms, what damage different kinds of firearms cause, so that whatever determination you chose to make would be an informed one.”

So by his statement could I expect that he would think Thompson Contender in .243 WIN would qualify as a Assault weapon because it is 3900fps? How about same in .45-70 Gov. because large caliber big damage? Wouldn't be nice if just once Brandon picked someone because of knowledge and ability instead of agenda?

[Smokin Joe]

Apparently the idiot thinks the definition must have something to do with the velocity of a round.
“I, unlike you, am not a firearms expert to the same extent as you maybe, but we have people at ATF who can talk about velocity of firearms, what damage different kinds of firearms cause, so that whatever determination you chose to make would be an informed one.”

So by his statement could I expect that he would think Thompson Contender in .243 WIN would qualify as a Assault weapon because it is 3900fps? How about same in .45-70 Gov. because large caliber big damage? Wouldn't be nice if just once Brandon picked someone because of knowledge and ability instead of agenda?

And no one has mentioned the terminal ballistics of a rifled slug, sabot slug, or even a load of #6 shot delivered at close range.