David Chipman, President Biden’s choice to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has made a series of controversial and biased statements on social media over the years related to gun ownership and his experience in the law enforcement agency.
Chipman, an arms control lawyer appointed by the commander-in-chief on Thursday to oversee the agency that plays a key role in arms regulation, has a private Twitter account, so there is no access to his tweets not received.
However, his Facebook and LinkedIn accounts were wide open.
Chipman offered some exciting hot deals in 2019, one of which has already started to upset in light of its ATF appointment.
The gun control lawyer, who once worked as a case agent in the Branch Davidian trial, answered questions about Reddit as part of a “Ask me anything” forum in September 2019.
During the forum, he falsely claimed, without noticing his time as a case agent for the trial, that members of the Davidian sect branch had shot down two helicopters during the Waco massacre.
“At Waco, cult members used 2.50-caliber Barretts to shoot down two Texas Air National Guard helicopters,” he wrote in a response, “It is true that we are fortunate that they are no longer regularly used in crime. does not become.
Although it is largely understood that members of the Davidian branch fired on the helicopters, the vessels themselves did not go down.
No Barretts were found at the scene of the massacre.
“Although all three helicopters were damaged by gunfire, none of the National Guard crew members or ATFs on board were injured,” a 1996 House report conducted by the oversight and legal committees found.
Four ATF agents and 82 branch Davidians died during the 51-day procrastination, which began in late February 1993, when law enforcement and the Waco, Tx. -Based religious cult had a procrastination when authorities tried to seize illegal weapons. to seize. storage.
The massacre ended after the FBI launched a tear gas attack, during which the compound caught fire. Only nine members of the group survived.
Branch Davidian members claim that it was law enforcement officers who started the shooting that led to the situation escalating. Authorities, meanwhile, have always maintained the opposite.
Chipman was corrected by other users during the Reddit AMA, but chose not to edit or correct his statement.
His comments were still on Reddit from Thursday.
Asked at the same AMA about distrust in government after Waco, Chipman replied: ‘I have worked for the government for 25 years and I understand how trust in government is harmed. Remember, however, that it was agents on the ground who let the public know the truth about these incidents when some wanted to cover up uncomfortable truths. ‘
That comment is also still available.
On his Facebook in August 2019, Chipman offered his second hard advice while sharing an ad for an AR-15, saying it is attractive to individuals who may commit mass shooting.
‘If you advertise your gun as a’ metal band and a hell of a fire ‘, your marketing may seem to be targeting mass shooters. See the promotional ad for the AR-15 used in Dayton … manufactured in Kentucky, ‘he wrote in a blur above.
This post is still available on Thursday.
The senior policy adviser to Giffords, a major arms control organization run by former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), Who was seriously injured in a mass shooting in 2011, posted a link on his Facebook to a video of the group about the dangers of ghost weapons in May last year.
In response, a user who was apparently not friends with Chipman commented on the link one month later and criticized him for characterizing an AR-15 as an assault weapon.
Chipman, a professional, replied to the man, ‘Well hello gun troll. Jealous racists attract all the attention? ”
At the time, the issue of racism in America was high on the heart after the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed in the custody of a white police officer at the end of May.
Chipman’s remark about the ‘troll’ was still on from Thursday afternoon.
In April 2020, the gun control attorney shared a link on his Facebook page to a CNN article titled, “FBI sees an increase in background investigations under the coronavirus pandemic.”
Along with the article, Chipman writes that he ‘
“If you’re one of the Americans who bought their first rifle in March and think you’re absent for a day of absence, are you ready for the zombie apocalypse, then you are not,” he wrote, “if you give me some rolls of toilet paper that you’re hoarding, I’ll take care of the Zombies in this block. ‘
The post was also still on from Thursday.
Less than a week earlier, Chipman linked to an Axios report titled “Liberty University students returning to campus amid coronavirus outbreak.”
His seemingly witty caption idea was to write: “Wow. Maybe it’s the case that it’s a cult. ‘
The post, like the others, will also remain open from Thursday afternoon.
Chipman did not share his opinion exclusively on Facebook, and also shared some of his thoughts on LinkedIn regarding weapons.
“Investigate all illegal gunfire as a possible homicide,” he wrote in a LinkedIn post in 2016, “Once we do, we can turn the weight on crime.”
“We spend so much to defend our country, but still care so little for other Americans,” he wrote in a 2014 entry and Gun Violence.
The Biden administration did not respond to The Post’s request to comment on Chipman’s presence on social media.