He's an anti-gunner? And you're surprised by this?
The position is for Director of the BATFE (I REFUSE to legitimize them by calling them ATF). It is an appointment by Barack Obama. THERE IS ZERO CHANCE OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN ANTI-GUNNER FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves.
Don't get me wrong. I don't think this guy as director of BATFE is a good thing- I just think it could be a LOT worse. Suppose Obama had chosen someone involved in the Waco debaucle? Perhaps even someone who had helped plan and/or lead it? Suppose he had chosen someone who had been in charge of any one of a hundred other blatant attacks on law-abiding citizens over a $200.00 tax, or a piece of wood or metal that was 1/2 inch too long or too short? Hell, it may come out that in fact he did do some of those things, but I could find nothing of that in the provided link, and I would assume that had he been involved in something like that, it certainly would have been mentioned.
Perhaps if one day we elect a true pro-gun president (hasn't happened in my lifetime, and I'm 46), we might get a BATFE director that would actually reign in that out-of-control agency; but right now, especially with this president, I think it is insane to expect him to appoint someone that is anything other than a rabid anti. To get one that hasn't personally participated in the systematic attack on law-abiding citizens perpetrated by the BATFE over the last 40 or so years may just be the best we can hope for.
I'm certainly not endorsing this man, but as I said, his choice could be a LOT worse.
