ATF Nominee David Chipman Backs Semi-Auto Ban

Banning the most commonly owned firearms on the basis of features like detachable magazines isn't about reducing crime, it's about control, period.

While I was on air yesterday David Chipman, nominee for ATF Director, was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding his past remarks in support of gun control.

Chipman, a longtime gun control advocate who spent years as an advisor with 2A opposition group Giffords Law Center, previously tried shaming law-abiding gun owners as irrationally fear…