Gun lobby stands firm in opposing Obama's ATF nominee

Andrew Traver is the current head of the ATF in Chicago. Obama nominated him to the head of the entire ATF. Of course he is anti-gun like every other nomination by Obama since he was elected. The gun lobby (NRA in this case) is correct in opposing his nomination.

To give you an idea about the way Andrew Traver's tries to distort facts to the public. Here is nice a video that will piss you off.



They claim that assault rifles are:

• Impossible to control- This is completely false, our soldiers effectively use these weapons every day. Traver gave the fully automatic AK to a 90 pound news anchor that had never fired a gun in her life. Of course she will spray bullets everywhere. Not only was this a lie, it was negligent in my opinion.
• Fully-Automatic- They acted as if every "assault weapon" is a machine gun. The previous ban of "assault weapons" included semi-auto PISTOLS with a magazine capacity over 10 rounds. Fully Automatic firearms have never been easy to obtain. It requires legal trusts, seemingly endless paperwork, a pre-ban automatic firearm (which will be a very large financial investment), a 4 month waiting period to get the tax stamp. You get the picture, not many people ever get to own a machine gun. The people that do are thoroughly looked at and have to drop a significant amount of money. 

We really don't want this guy as the head of the ATF. The only way to stop him is in the senate. Contact your senators. Explain to them why you want them to oppose the nomination. This agency makes rules that basically become law. Gun control will be able to flow right around the house if this guy makes it.

Source:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-atf-gun-lobby-0217-20110216,0,2145260.story