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Biden ATF Nominee Aiming the Wrong Way

Biden ATF Nominee Aiming the Wrong Way
Former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agent and Giffords Law Center senior policy adviser David Chipman (R) testifies before U.S. House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on assault weapons in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 25, 2019. Chipman is President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the ATF. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Over the long July Fourth weekend in Chicago, a city that boasts some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, 100 people were shot, including 18 fatally. Among those injured or killed were two police officers and five children 13 years old or younger.
John Velleco
John Velleco
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John Velleco is currently the executive vice president for Gun Owners of America, a grassroots lobbying organization with more than 2 million members and supporters nationwide.
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