Thread by @CamEdwards

The biggest problem with David Chipman's appearance on Chinese state-run media immediately after Sandy Hook is what he said, not where he said it.
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During his interview, Chipman repeatedly said that the death of school children didn't have to be "meaningless," as long as there was gun control legislation enacted as a result. 2/

Now, it could be that Chipman was just a craven gun control lobbyist willing to exploit the deaths of school children because that's what he was paid to do, but I suspect that Chipman is, in fact, a true believer with an almost spiritual faith in the idea of gun control. 3/

Chipman already claimed that, if confirmed, he would merely enforce laws passed by Congress, not try to enact any of his personal beliefs about gun control. But what he said in the 2012 interview demonstrates he sees no conflict between gov't service and gun control activism. 4/

Chipman compared his time at ATF and his then-current role at Mayors Against Illegal Guns as serving the same mission of preventing violence. If he truly believes they have the same mission, then he will unquestionably bring his gun control activism to work with him. 5/

And based on his comments about imbuing meaning in the lives of murdered children through the implementation of gun control, I'd argue that Chipman believes he has a moral responsibility to be an activist director of the ATF. 6/

Either Chipman is a true believer in safety through restricting and criminalizing a civil right, or he's willing to exploit dead kids because someone will pay him to do so. Like I said, I suspect he's a true believer, but either way, he doesn't belong anywhere near ATF HQ. 7/7