Mary Gay Scanlon Asks ATF Director Why Ghost Guns Are ‘Posing Such A Danger To The American Public’

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) questioned ATF Director Steven Dettelbach about gun violence, gun trafficking and ghost guns.
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[@thomasventriglia3777]

This woman is useless

[@sidrojoe]

She doesn't have a clue.

[@press1776]

You can't even keep drugs out of prison and jails and keep prisoners safe in max security prison.. and you want more regulation on guns 😅😂😂😂

[@user-ib4tj2vl6i]

Gun regulations are infringements on the 2A

[@christinavance1128]

How dare peasants have guns only corrupt ATF has the right to abuse the law of selling (trafficking) guns and drugs

[@88azturbo]

Is she up for re-election this fall? She has no idea what a "ghost gun" looks like.

[@pandoralechat780]

Oh,good.Director Diddledick made an illegal gun in his garage with a can opener and a pipe wrench and now we need more ludicrous laws.

[@3rdreichball525]

He didn't even get arrested for 5 years either. Even after admitting to the crime on national TV

[@markhellman-pn3hn]

im just waiting for him to say "I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS" !!

[@rogueldr642smiythe9]

Why is it that those with stricter laws have worse crime?

[@paulpugh2480]

I know people who for many years have built their own firearms at home and they shoot at National events competitively, everyone who builds Firearms at home should not be lumped in with criminals .

[@timgeisinger8479]

Why is she not asking what specific group of people are doing this. She won't because that doesn't fit their narrative.

[@Se7eN-SLAYER]

You can build a "ghost gun" out of supplies you can get from a local home depot.

[@donnasmith940]

We are crying against criminals not legal guns.

[@user-ib4tj2vl6i]

Firearms are also self-defense weapons and have saved many lives !

[@captainMagDump]

Right so attack the citizenry. Because criminals will get weapons regardless. Just like you said. So you and I should just assume a role as victims somewhere between the criminals on the one side of the badge and the criminals on the other. Just pay your taxes and give up your rights and possibly your life like you're supposed to. $50 the utube robot deletes this comment "for your protection"

[@Mourn100]

The guns are not the problem the person using them are. A gun does not just jump up and start firing at people. The second amendment says "shall not be infringed".

[@mattcavanaugh6082]

My guns had nothing to do with that, Karen.

[@tnt0northtravelministriest627]

Cold dead hands!!!

[@Life_isGreat]

He couldn't take the slide off a handgun, but somehow put together a 80% lower. I call bullshit

[@wooden5c]

Clutch your pearls... and ... "Think about the children"

[@user-lk2gg8og9s]

If it was a true ghost gun u would not be able to see it. It would get lost in ur house. U would not be able to see it in order to find it. Ghost would imply that the gun was at one point alive and at some point died in order to become a ghost. So where's this line of thinking going?

[@theformulafitness]

He quickily answered her questions and dodged the others masterfully lol go figure

[@michaelloflin7278]

If I make a firearm at home, it is none of your damn business.

[@hediho-ry6rs]

Big surprise Chester same township where they declared marshal law

[@markcooper9063]

If a gun is illegally bought and sold what difference if it has a number

[@charlesmckinley29]

Why am I not surprised he isn’t very useful around the house? 🤔

[@roaddemon20011]

Wonder if diddleback has proof that he built this gun.. I don't think he has the Machinery know how to carve out a hole for a trigger. I also want to see the receipts approved that he bought anything to do this. As I said I don't believe he did this

[@roaddemon20011]

Proving not approved.

[@brandenforrer2603]

How many people are killed every day by a car or die because of diabetes

[@Bill-vo1wn]

What about fast and furious???

[@jamesbarker6039]

He built a ghost gun? I saw a video where he couldn't remove the slide off of a glock. Geeeze

[@markcooper9063]

She is up for reelection

[@dragonhealer7588]

". . Guns that can shoot, wound, or kill" Stop with the emotional crap, that is the purpose of a firearm and why every citizen should accept the responsibility of gun ownership, to be responsible for their own safety and the safety of the nation . So many people today shirk their responsibilities while enjoying the rights and privileges. I am not amused, but rather disgusted.

[@genelegate1308]

Continue blaming inanimate objects and you’ll continue to accomplish nothing.

[@user-yj6vy9hx6m]

ATF is gay

[@jessealday8225]

Blah blah blah, you have rights and we want'em.

[@alho6131]

how many people die Every day from automobiles, cigarettes, drugs, medical malpractice, alcohol???😂😂😂😂 and your stats on gun deaths 😅are bullshit

[@nullentry6032]

check his wiki early life. every single time