The National Shooting Sports Foundation And American Suppressor Association Endorses Chuck Canterbury For Director Of ATF
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 6 months ago
NSSF:
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has a record of no-nonsense support for the rule of law that clearly extends to respect for the Second Amendment and the firearms industry.
Chuck Canterbury is the President of the 350,000-strong Fraternal Order of Police who would bring to the Director’s office 26 years of law enforcement experience as well as 16 years’ experience in his current role. Canterbury retired as a major with South Carolina’s Horry County Police Department and was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Hall of Fame.
And as for the evidence for Canterbury’s support for the second amendment?
Canterbury also stood up to billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg after the anti-gun funder of Everytown and Moms Demand called the Fraternal Order of Police a “fringe group” for opposing the release of firearms “trace” data which is prohibited by the Tiahrt Amendment. Even Bloomberg’s own police commissioner Ray Kelly opposed the release of ATF trace data. ATF says it shouldn’t be released outside of law enforcement either. Bloomberg didn’t care when he misused this information in so-called “sting” operations against firearms retailers – without the knowledge of either ATF or his own police department – interfering with as many as 18 criminal investigations and forcing ATF to pull agents out of the field for their own protection.
There you have it. He supports cop safety. That makes him a second amendment supporter according to the NSSF.
Next up, the American Suppressor Association:
“As the regulating body of our industry, ATF has a tremendous amount of control over our ability to operate and create jobs,” said Knox Williams, President and Executive Director of ASA. “Because of their influence over our businesses, the ATF Director is, for us, one of the most important politically appointed positions that President Trump will fill. His nomination of Mr. Canterbury, which does require Senate confirmation, falls directly in line with his campaign promise to work with the firearms industry and protect the Second Amendment. Mr. Canterbury’s resume and reputation highlight that he is the leader that ATF needs in order to become the bureau that they are intended to be.”
What bureau would that be? What did the American founders intend a bureau like that to do, sirs?
The NSSF has never been a supporter of the second amendment, and with respect to the American Suppressor Association, I suspect that they have no desire to see suppressors unregulated. If they weren’t regulated by law, they wouldn’t be able to charge $1000 a piece for their tubes with baffles.
Prior:
Further Fisking Of Chuck Canterbury’s Second Amendment Credentials
Fraternal Order Of Police Chief Chuck Canterbury Picked To Head ATF
On June 3, 2019 at 9:32 am, Frank Clarke said:
I was in Stockholm in 2003, walking down the street, minding my own business, when I strolled past a sporting goods shoppe. There arrayed in the show window was a sign that said (if my marginal command of Swedish is good enough) “big sale on mufflers” (suppressors), and the featured article was a probably-not-very-good suppressor for about $40US. In the window. Visible from the street. It wasn’t the only one.
I almost bought it to bring back in my checked luggage, but I suspected I would have wound up in federal slam for it.
On June 3, 2019 at 10:41 am, ExpatNJ said:
Human nature often degenerates – unfortunately – into one of two ultimate goals: Money, and/or Power-Control.
Here we see examples of a$$-kissing for the future achievement of such goals: one group seeking LE ‘discretion’ (i.e. accommodation) for shooting ranges, while continued high profits for another. Their general arguments that an ‘”experienced law-enforcement professional” should head a federal law-enforcement agency (however unconstitutional) are merely a ruse to deflect from their true agenda.
“With ‘friends’ like these …”.
On June 4, 2019 at 4:07 pm, Sanders said:
NSSF is a trade organization for firearms manufacturers. Gun grabbers are good for business.
On June 6, 2019 at 3:55 pm, Badger said:
If suppressors weren’t regulated they would hang in a bubble-pak, right between the ear-pro and the Hoppe’s #9. Alternatively, due to costing about $100-200 they might be in a glass case that the guy has a key for – the same guy that will sell you some peat moss or a load of pavers.