A so-called Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “leading expert” struggled to disassemble a Glock on CBS’ Face The Nation.
Chris Bort, the acting chief of the ATF’s Firearms Ammunition Technology Division, hilariously struggled to disassemble the handgun.
“Chris Bort—the acting chief of the ATF’s Firearms Ammunition Technology Division—struggled at disassembling a Glock style handgun during a made-for-tv scaremongering interview with Steven Dettelbach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on CBS News,” Steve Guest wrote.
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WATCH: Chris Bort—the acting chief of the ATF's Firearms Ammunition Technology Division—struggled at disassembling a Glock style handgun during a made-for-tv scaremongering interview with Steven Dettelbach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on CBS News. pic.twitter.com/rzcZ0lFGmB
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 4, 2024
These are the people who want to regulate firearms and destroy the Second Amendment.
X users commented on the hilarious ATF fail:
This is GOLD. The “experts” within the ATF can’t disassemble firearms nor can they assemble the firearm they’re arguing is so easy to make. 😂 https://t.co/imaq7Riykm
— Ryan Cleckner (@RyanCleckner) March 4, 2024
This is so embarrassing https://t.co/v7tDMgP8zH
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) March 4, 2024
These are the “experts”… https://t.co/waIyCCsr7I
— Military Arms (@MAC_Arms) March 4, 2024
Who are these morons in charge of the ATF? It's not that hard to disassemble a Glock. https://t.co/5AXFZDi0cg
— SailorGal (@TexasSailorGal) March 4, 2024
X user Austin Ramos easily disassembled the same style handgun in seconds.
“I am more qualified than your ‘leading expert’. Therefore what ever rules you say can be disregarded,” Ramos wrote.
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This one is for all the retards @ the ATF.
I am more qualified than your “leading expert”. Therefore what ever rules you say can be disregarded. ‘Dem the rulez https://t.co/asIsUFNmTY pic.twitter.com/UF7AjHkSoa
— Austin Ramos (@austinramos99) March 4, 2024
The Daily Caller reports:
In addition to Bort’s incompetence, Dettelbach himself appeared to display a stunning lack of knowledge on the subject matter for which he is the nation’s chief regulator.
At one point in the video he refers to a drum magazine as a “75 round clip.” A magazine, which feeds rounds into a firearm’s chamber, is different from a clip, which holds cartridges together. This is something I would hope any run-of-the mill firearms enthusiast would know, but apparently the freaking head of the ATF doesn’t.
The levels of stunning incompetence on display in this 20-minute fear porn extravaganza can’t be overstated. First, there’s the Bureau’s inability to find anyone more qualified or competent than these dinguses to do the interview. Then there’s the decision not to cut the obviously-going-to-go-viral clip of your weapons expert showing how bad he is with weapons.
Though the two feds definitely take the cake in this week’s idiot awards, an honorable mention goes to CBS. Instead of finding one of the many available weapons experts with media savvy to interview these two and ask actual questions, they use host Margaret Brennan, who doesn’t ask one difficult question or challenge any of the many dubious claims made by the “experts.”
Watch the embarrassing 20-minute segment from Face The Nation: