'I'm Not Playing Games Here': Mike Johnson Grills ATF Director Steven Dettelbach
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- At Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) questioned ATF Director Steven Dettelbach.
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"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson
Very well spoken one more time. If we do not stop and abolish the ATF we are going to end up in a civil war. The US citizens fighting off a democrat over reach. We are not that far from it now. This other subject reminds me of the ancient days of kings and lords and heavily armed tax collectors for the king going out collecting robbing the poor for the rich. Biden has armed the IRS to do just that and at the same time he is owing the IRS over $500,000,00 himself and will not pay. And has still hidden income form his son selling china our secrets that Biden leaves laying around his home and vacation homes for him to access.
Refreshing! Absolutely refreshing! Keep those quotes coming . I found a lot of good ones by Frederick Douglas while reading up on Him. If Blacks only knew how they have been “hood” winked by the Democrats.
AMEN!!!!😁👍 It's AMAZING how our FOREFATHERS had enough FORE SIGHT to WORD the 2nd AMENDMENT the way they did and it was for a GOOD REASON!!!! Remember who was able to have ANY WEAPONS in most if not ALL COUNTRIES in Europe, only the "KING" and NOBELS were able to own WEAPONS. There was NO HUNTING for the REST of the people (peasants) Eve if it was to FEED THEIR FAMILY!!!!🤨😲😳😢😮💨
"I didn't ask you a question" you know, I know these little back and forths don't lead anywhere, but it was satisfying hearing him say that to him.
I loved that.
It's all performative bullshit and the Director knows that.
Johnson is a lawyer also who worked for First Liberty. ✝️🙏
This was satisfying. Thank you Mr. Johnson!
I love how he shut him down at the very end.
It's cute how you don't see it for the vote pandering it is. I really wish I shared your optimism, but both parties are fucked. The right is just driving us off the cliff at the speed limit.
You forget that mike johnson would vote not to impeach dettelbach!
How can a company be sued for making a product that works perfectly?
@@honpot2016 That example makes zero sense and here is why.
Nobody sues asbestos manufacturers for asbestos not being a good thermo isolator, which what it was meant for. In modern times, drug manufacturers and medical device manufacturers get sued for contamination of their products with asbestos (such as residual asbestos in talc). Construction companies/builders were sued in the recent past not because asbestos was used as a thermo isolator and it worked great for it but because it was cancerous and they knowingly put it in buildings where there were other substitutes. Asbestos started seeing common use in the late 18XX's and only got its toxic effects widely known to the public in the 1970s; then it took decades for the toxic effect to build up and develop in people, which is why many law cases were seen in the 2000s.
It's very similar to tobacco products. Nobody sues companies for nicotine being a good stimulant, they sue them for it being deadly. Guns are made to drop people and you can't sue the manufacturer who made a gun that does just that.
@@honpot2016 asbestos didn't work properly. It gave people health defects when it shouldn't have.
@@honpot2016 Asbestos doesn't work perfectly. It has a carcinogenic side effect. PLCAA does not prohibit law suits from being brought against firearms manufacturers when or if their firearms malfunction or have a defect that causes them to fail. Biden has mischaracterized PLCAA as preventing ANY lawsuits from being brought against firearms manufacturers, when in fact it only serves to prevent frivolous lawsuits from being brought against them when someone misuses a firearm. No one bothers to sue Ford when someone gets killed by a drunk driver in a Ford vehicle. It wasn't the fault of the Ford, it was the fault of the driver. You sue the driver, not Ford. PLCAA is no different. You sue or prosecute the criminal, NOT the firearms manufacturer.
@@honpot2016 people were not told about the dangers of asbestos. Your 1950s stove didn't come with a warning label or stove safety handbook like today's firearms have. Stop playing games
@@honpot2016 No. More like cars. We never hold car manufacturers responsible for the actions of drivers, only if the cars are defective. Guns that work every time are not defective. Nice try though.
Just defund and get rid of the ATF!
Why are any Congress members allowing the ATF to make a law. This is not how it works and the people know it. Somebody better fix this before the people have to.
It's our job to call and complain about this problem to all of our elected officials dems and repubs. Call them all and ask them why they are giving away there jobs to burocrats
That's exactly why they continue to do it. Because they know damn well the American people are far too cowardly to ever do anything about it.
@@stephenflowers8516 The dems own the fbi, cia, doj, irs, military, etc. That is why. obama is the boss.
This is why it’s important for us to vote!
@@chrishurt9864well, voting has proved not to work with the last presidential election, so theres that 🤷♂️
ABOLISH ATF!
TREASON BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE HIGH CRIMES! GITMO THEM ALL!
Let me rephrase what the director said, “I am the president’s puppet, I am not allowed to say anything negative about the precious. I do what he says…”
"Nor am I allowed to answer with yes or no."
You left out the uh ah uh ah part 😂
More grilling like this needs to happen to save this country
The grilling is just worthless word salad. Unless these criminal agencies and politicians are fired and put in prison, nothing will change.
@Razgriz85 That's right. All these little shows are for is to let the conservatives that are the only people watching them know that yes ,we are breaking the law in order to destroy the country as ordered by the Biden administration, and now that you know that ,know this ,there isn't anybody going to do a diddly danm thing about it ethier
@@Razgriz85 Agreed. Cool story… BUT… so what. What does it change.
They do this daily everyone of them claim they know nothing and nothing ever happens! So tired of it.
@@Razgriz85 exactly right. Until there are actual consequences for their actions, they will continue to do whatever they want whenever they want.
Defund the ATF. They are not authorized to make rules and regulations.
What part of ,"shall not be infringed"dont these people understand!?
Its not that they don't understand what it means, they don't care. Big difference.
It's hard to get the ATF to understand it because the very existence of the F part of their organization depends on them not understanding it.
They know what it means. That’s why these commie democrats keep tossing a word salad around to confuse the voters in the middle.
@@duketogo2616 they understand very well. And i while heartedly thank the fact that they also are allowing us to press for the truth here
Oh they understand it perfectly. But they are guilty of crimes the people don't know about yet (where did Jeffrey Epstein's money come from). Their fear is that when the people find out, they will revolt. So their only choice is to disarm us.
Why are they allowed to enforce an unconstitutional so called law!!
Because we let them.
defund the atf..
It's called " infringement " of our Constitution. They can Not do this. It is Tyrannical.
All it takes is someone with time, money, and support to take a lawsuit all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
@@genericyoutubeuser8957 Straight to the truth, and frustratingly terrifying
This man is totally arrogantly incompetent.and should be dismissed from that position .He is filibustering covering up for his own agenda beyond respectability of the American citizens rights and is intent in violating their freedoms and constitution with deadly results and terrifying traumatic experiences of law abiding citizens
Next on the government show - government complains to government about things the government is doing. Nothing changes. Stay tuned!
There's a meme circulating that says, "The Biden Administration now blames the Trump Administration for the Biden Administration"!!! That's EXACTLY the same as the boyfriend who beats up the girlfriend, and then says, "You MADE me do this"!! It's the narcissist, blaming the victim, for the narcissist's actions!!! Or, in this case, it's the bad guys blaming the good guys for the bad guys actions!!! 🤬🤬🤬
Spot on.
exactly
ATF should not be making laws.
Chevron being overturned may be helpful.
There is no need for ATF . I’m other words there isn’t a situation or problem that local / metro pd in conjunction with sheriffs / Swat , state PD , and FBI that can’t be handled . Put that money into better academy training so police stations don’t get sued in civil rights cases . It’s a simple strong idea and plan .
Amen!!!! That's only if they'll stop with defunding the police....
The 1920's called and wants the ATF back!
No need for FBI either
@@rhondacheramie9173 FBI is necessary unfortunately. Local and state police are stopped by state boarders for hunting down criminals. You need a police force that can have jurisdiction if that happens. Not to mention, FBI also handle things that local and state won't do. The FBI is neccessary, but, Should be hold up to HIGHER STANDARDS then the State/local level.
@@lupvirga FBI isn't necessary what so ever. The FBI since J Edgar has been Traitors.
SHUT DOWN the ATF!!!
It is hard to watch that guy that lied on his resume get put through the paces, the bum looks like a public defender
Reminds me a incompetent fired manager from an old country buffet.
👍😂
cartoon character
Definitely public pretender material
I am now a big fan of Mr. Mike Johnson!
Dettelbach lots of words with no meanings ATF needs to go!!! bad guys dont care about rules.
I really do wish they would Stop Playing Games... because that's all I've seen in every congressional inquiry I've watched and I've watched hundreds. All I've really learned from them is we have a bunch of squirmy, and very incompetent officials with inadequate personalities...questioned by well intentioned but predominantly spineless Congress critters on one side and knowingly duplicitous and creepy congress critters on the other side. Occasionally,a star rises up and a glimmer of hope rises up .
If gun manufacturers are liable then MUNICIPAL LIQUOR stores are also. OOPS!
& Distilleries...
laws passed by politicians are also liable now, as well
So are the manufacturers of any product(s) made in this country that could ever be misused.
Better sue the manufacturer of the pressure cooker that the Boston bombers turned into a homemade bomb....
Absolutely. Let's have the same standard across industry.
DEFUND and DISBAND THE ATF NOW!!!! ( And inquire ALL WHO'S TRY TO ACT AGAINST the 2th Amm.....)
Wow, Rep Johnson mopped the floor with the ATF Director on this one.
Notice he finally said, "Yeah?He tries to be sneaky about saying it. What a slug.
Good observation. I took it more of as a Freudian slip. I don't think he was intentionally being honest.
I’ve been watching a lot of videos on this affair. The replies and input from the new head of the ATF is *frightening*. The man doesn’t understand fire arms, knows his department/agency is abusing its power, and can’t give a single legitimate answer to questions. Regardless of your political stance, it should frighten you that there are people in control of federal agencies that have politically bias agendas and will knowingly abuse their power.
This parade needs to stop and congress needs to act of what the ATF is doing.
I'm actually impressed with these politicians.
This is the first time I have felt like a politician can ask better questions than I can.
This is what we need: Smart Leaders
Agreed, this guy is definitely for the people 🙌 too bad I'm Canadian , we are barely able to purchase the STOCK alone lmao , pathetic over here
I'm proud to be from Louisiana because of you! 😊
So am I!!!
I'm just proud we got a speaker with some sense.
until government officials are held personally, criminally responsible for infringing on the constitution this will keep happening. There needs to be consequences.
Where's the Coalition of Concerned Citizens when you need them?
The 2nd amendment is suppose to be the consequences. The people have a 2nd amendment so they can use it against tyranny. Thing is people need to actually use it
Is it just me or does the ATF director remind you of a Sesame Street Muppet character?. Just his mannerism and the way he moves and the way he speaks.
he is a muppet lol
I've been getting Turtle Man vibes from Dana Carvey's Master of Disguise.
It's the long face and soft body
He does look like a muppet. Its like the slouched over look: also he only raises one hand like a muppet because the other hand is in the head. He lurches up like a muppet.
He reminds my of a tyrant and a piece of…
If a Democrat ever answered a question I might shlt my pants!
They always answer questions, just not necessarily the question that was asked...and they usually start with "Thank you for that question, senator..."
I don''t think you have to worry about that. Your pants are safe.
@@olewornhat LOL
Me to
100%!
Thank you Mr Johnson
How this person is a director of any federal agency is mind blowing. He knows nothing. He has been in this position for years.
I think it's only been about 1 year. The position has been empty since the Obama administration.
Owned
Wish they would have grilled him about sending agents to regular people's doors to confiscate triggers, when he said that the main purpose of the agency is to go after violent criminals.
This comment needs more traction. They talk a big game about going after criminals... and we have all seen the footage of agents harassing people at their homes over various parts. Those Ring / home security videos of the incidents should be played in front of that spineless shifty bureaucrat for him to explain.
90% of gun crime is gang and drug related. Yet they are soley focused on average people, who own a binary trigger or a bump stock. Mean while people who actually commit crime, have full auto weapons, and nothing is done about it. They just put someone in jail for selling metal cards w a drawing of a lightning link on them, for selling machine gun parts. Meanwhile in every rap video you watch someone has a switch on their glock, and they could care less.
@@smasher.338 Irving and hoover is a huge miscarriage of justice. And you are right I've never seen one article "atf removes hundreds of illegal firearms and "machine guns" from the streets of Chicago Baltimore L.A. etc" never once. But I've seen at least 200 videos of gang bangers with switches and 30 mags. Seen maybe 20 vids of atf at lawful gun owners homes illegally and unconstitutionally confiscating, arresting, and charging people. Forever felons.
@@smasher.338What rap videos you watching? Also that is definitely racist. (Rap videos almost never feature glocks anymore. Or guns at all.). Kinda got pussified
@@hf117j how is it racist if its true? Lol and if you haven't seen a rap video with a glock in it, you must actually legit be blind. Because ive come across it, and i dont even like rap.
Another incompetent official that doesn't know his job or the law.
Oh I'd say he knows what his job is, it just doesn't have anything to do with the law. It solely has to do do with walking all over our 2A rights.
Oh he knows the law and what his job is supposed to be. He's just not there to do that job but rather to shove communism down our throats.
It's not 'incompetence' -- it's an organized crime syndicate.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 oh yes I agree one hundred percent big-time crime syndicate. 💯💯💯⚖️⚖️⚖️🇺🇸👁️👁️🔥🔥🔥
Don’t be naive, he’s not “incompetent”, he knows EXACTLY what he’s doing, he’s just lying about it. He is VERY competent at tyranny.
They wont define what an assault weapon is, because they want it to remain ambiguous. So they can put people in jail for things like having a metal card w a drawing on it, and say they were possessing machine gun parts. Next if you have any way to machine metal, and are a gun owner they will say you were planning to make machine guns.
I own a welding machine; you *couldn't stop me* from owning a gun.
Always wild that government employee/politicians believe MORE control from the government is what a constitutional republic needs. It's the exact system/reason America was birthed in the first place.
And the more we get away from it , the worse our country gets .
ATF is a bad joke
Hopefully something substantial comes out of this. Most of the time, it's just theatre and pandering to their respective bases.
thousands of tax$
The whole system is smoke and mirrors.
they know when they create a bill or action it’ll never make it past the Dem controlled senate or biden, at the very least these hearings on ATF, trans in womens sports, media censoring, can prove unconstitutionality or at least illegality which could sidestep them and have the supreme court do something, but these hearings are still important
No, at least we get to see and hear who the corrupt ones are! This is valuable and a grade school kid can see it, why cant you?
Mike Johnson you be blessed
HOOORAY FOR MIKE JOHNSON .
Honestly you can tell the current atf director was a lawyer, I listened to that man deflect every question asked in the 2 hours or so of 5 minute clips from the hearing.
It's refreshing when someone holds powerful people's feet to the fire like this. It's always telling when people can't or won't answer very simple, direct questions. It's like they think that if they don't say it out loud then it isn't true or something. It's also telling when leaders of some of the most powerful government organizations in the world can't or won't answer basic questions about the jobs they hold.
Dettelback is a snake in the grass and the ATF is the venom in his fangs.
He was worthless when he was in Cleveland. Things have not changed.
That would be a great start and the abolishing all of the other redundant 3 letter agencies as well. This needs to be done but will it, and by whom?
This is great. Articulate, intelligent, to the point.
Time to put an end to unelected agency heads making laws.
ex post facto law
noun
: a civil or criminal law with retroactive effect
especially : a law that retroactively alters a defendant's rights especially by criminalizing and imposing punishment for an act that was not criminal or punishable at the time it was committed, by increasing the severity of a crime from its level at the time the crime was committed, by increasing the punishment for a crime from the punishment imposed at the time the crime was committed, or by taking away from the protections (as evidentiary protection) afforded the defendant by the law as it existed when the act was committed
NOTE: Ex post facto laws are prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution.
Kudos to Rep Mike Johnson letting this clown know that he is not playing games, that got a reaction 😂
That was the best reaction I seen out of someone getting grilled by the gop and this clown should not have gotten this job at the atf
It’s obvious this guy is going to do what ever he wants no matter what anyone says.
These agencies are COMPLETELY out of control!
Biggest issue facing us as a people is that we are not even a people - instead we are many “diverse” peoples, with nothing in common besides the most superficial consumer tastes.
As the old saying goes, "united we stand or divided we fall."
And we've been celebrating division for far too long...
@Genetics Matter, you are so wrong!! We all have more in common than we are different. You just have to strip all the media division away. If push comes to shove? We'll help each other. But why wait?😏❤
@@devastor-phil310 Diversity is Division!
@@devastor-phil310 George Soros is giddy like a little girl
@Libertarian Ninjas They are not trying to get us to get along together .They want us divided ,and what they would love even more is if they could stoke us all enough to get pissed off and come against them with civil unrest ,especially the conservative armed patriots ...because they got a plan for that .
They always tell you what they want but they can never answer a question ⁉️
I hate it when people refuse to answer questions when they are the in charge. Just answer the damn question.
ATF director is such a weasel lol weak lawyer too
Poster boy definition of "squirming in his seat".
I didn't know that another Mayorkas was possible...
This time they disguised "it" with hair...
He won't admit it.. he knows damn well they can't make laws lol.
How can they enforce these "laws" if they defund the police?
Not a law but a rule aka regulation
ATF cannot enact laws but Congress
The government knows they cannot ban firearms .So they keep trying to do these little amendments that ban mag capacity, bump stocks, assault rifles ,ect .And you must ask ,does it change anything and make it safer when they do that ? Or not ?
Because the people doing the enforcement aren't the "police". They are federal agents and bureaucrats.
Easy! The new "police" will be the gangs they let into this country from prisons in other countries and then refuse to prosecute. This is how it works in third world countries like the USA.
That's their point.
Could Mike be our new Speaker of the House?
I'm thinking . . . YES. 😎👍
From what I have seen from this hearing the director keeps detracting by saying " what Congress defines/ makes law" so he will just do his job and follow orders. Think about how dangerous that is.
But am I wrong here in saying congress did not make these "rules" law? This was made up by him as rules. Meaning doing what he wants done no matter what congress passes. Yes? Straight up lied.
Disband the ATF.
Damn Mr Johnson that was impressive we need more men like you. The atf guy needs a new shirt after that one he's sweating bullets
Sweating bullets? This guy has never been that close to a bullet in his life. Sweating soy milk maybe.
Closed with " I didn't ask you a question." so cool.
How can the Senate, in good conscience, vote to approve these people for these positions?
"Im not playing games here" wow amazing! Get rid ot the ATF
Everyone that works for the ATF needs to be charged under TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, ... shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
i can't stop watching these grillings. this is fantastic
Wom an over his left shoulder is full of scorn towards the truth and facts. Her body language is a might LOUD
Shall not be infringed
When one can't answer a question
wwwwwiii iitiiti ihh h h h h h th ouuuuouuouuououoooaaoaoauauaouoaotout stuttering you know they don't have the correct answer.
"I didn't ask you a question!" 🤫🤐😶🤣
One of my favorite courtroom "Nobody asked" moments of all time
It’s always funny when Ivy League intellectuals can’t answer simple questions.
You tell em Mike Johnson. Thank You and God Bless You for speaking up for what is right.✝️🇺🇲🇮🇱🙏
"The president has asked congress to act so I am going to do their job for them and make my own laws" so very helpful. Pull all funding of the illegally acting three letter agencies today.
Good luck enforcing this 😂
@Mike Arnold Just unite and clean house
@Mike Arnold No... I've been outside in the vehicle way before Joey & Kackles
He's a former federal prosecutor and a current federal liar!
OMG! Joe “Let’s Go Brandon” Biden lies? That hasn’t happened… EVER!
These bureaucrats need to ALL be fired
Does this ever answer a single question??
yes... If we need to personally handle the government problem
i tired of these types of meetings, i want action from my elected officials
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The ATF needs to be dissolved
Mr Johnson doesn’t seem to want to directly answer the question however, it sounds like he wants to go along with Biden’s interpretation of the law rather than follow or adhere to the law as passed by Congress. That’s another way of saying kissing Biden’s butt.
Mr Johnson is asking the questions. Dettleback is doing the dancing.
There's nothing I hate more than not giving a simple yes or no.
Fire the entire government.. federal, state, county.. all of them..
I need to start watching more of these, it’s better than TNT
Well done. There are too many people out there who have no idea this change has happened.
... and that is how you deal with a person that's talking out of the side of their face.
I cant stop listening to OUR new Spkr of the House. He's awesome!
There are still people in masks?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol, yep! I counted 17 masks at the grocery store the other day. What's truly confusing is the contents of their carts...zero concern for their health there. Three of the masks were on children. The adult with one child was not masked. I sadly shook my head and kept walking.
One day I saw an old couple go by in their car and they both had masks on. And I just thought how sad that they are so afraid they are willing to not see each others faces. I thought who did this to you? Who made you fear each other so much?
Come get it.
Why and how are US citizens now being governed by bureaucrats instead of our congress?
All answers are crafted to take up time without answering the question.
There will always be zealots and authoritarian do gooders... The problem here is, we need to be able to sue Dettelbach PERSONALY for relief caused by HIS decisions.
It's about time 👏
NFA is illegal to begin with.
Term limits on Congress are needed. Then and only then will our legislators care about what the people want.
How did this guy become the ATF director. Wow.
He was appointed by Sleepy Joe
Congress needs to quit playing games and just pass a law on this topic and be done with it. Peroid.