Buying Guns And Getting Trained
BY Herschel Smith2 years, 8 months ago
TTAG.
New gun owners are filling up gun ranges and classrooms to learn to use their firearms. It’s a rebuke of David Chipman’s portrayal of them. Chipman, of course, is President Joe Biden’s nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and he reduced new gun buyers to rubes who are clueless about the responsibilities of gun ownership.
David Chipman mocked first-time gun buyers in 2020, likening them to Joe Exotic, the “Tiger King,” and saying they more closely resemble zombie apocalypse preppers.
During his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Chipman was drilled about his statements bemoaning new gun owners who, “went out to the gun store and bought a gun with no training whatsoever.” He said they were likely to “hide their guns behind the cans of tuna and beef jerky that you’ve stored in the cabinet, and only bring that out if the zombies start to appear.” When pushed by senators, he sheepishly walked it back.
That’s because he’s a coward who’s afraid to say what he really thinks – and we all know what he really thinks.
But let’s dismiss the stupidity for a moment. No gun will fit inside a can of tuna or a bag of beef jerky. It’s a good thing to get training, and to be capable of use of the tool you’ve purchased. As regular readers know, I’ve recommended range, training, pulling the machine apart to see how it works and to perform maintenance on it, and on and on.
But here’s the problem with all of that. I don’t really care about stereotypes or especially what Chipman thinks. So let’s say that some elderly couple did purchase a firearm and stuff it in a bag of jerky.
So what? It’s their God-given right. They spent their money on it, it’s there machine to do with as they see fit, and Chipman cannot tell them what to do.
The gun community doesn’t owe Chipman or anyone else an explanation of how we spend our time or whether we’re getting enough range time.
Because. And that’s the end of that.
On August 9, 2021 at 8:41 pm, Paul B said:
David chipman has been extralegal for decades. I know one green beret that would put him down with prejudice.
Been spending any free time training or at the range.
Getting close to Spivey time.