Chris Bort, the ATF’s acting Chief of Firearm’s Ammunition Technology Division, hilariously struggled to disassemble a Glock slide, giving up after multiple tries and moving on to a different weapon.
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
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Gun Owners of America put together a hilarious video edit with the “yep, that’s me” meme, noting “These are the so-called ‘experts’ at ATF.”
These are the so-called “experts” at ATF. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/7t37eJTh5q
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) March 5, 2024
Another Twitter user, Austin Ramos, easily disassembled the same style weapon in seven seconds, noting that he was more qualified than the ATF’s “leading expert.”
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
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.
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The levels of stunning incompetence on display in this 20-minute fear porn extravaganza can’t be overstated.
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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.”
This clip is everything that is wrong with America today. Stunning incompetence. Lazy journalism. A group of elites who want you to cede your weapons, your questions, your freedom to the government in the name of “the greater good,” all without being to explain how or why your sacrifice will actually net any legitimate benefit to anybody.