ATF Special Agent (retired), Gun Violence Prevention Advocate @GiffordsCourage, Michigander in Virginia and Proud 97%er.
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NYC is undoubtedly safer thanks to our @NYPDDetectives from the Major Case Field Intelligence Team. While conducting a search warrant, detectives recovered a cache of firearm lower receivers, high capacity magazines, ammo, a rapid-fire device, & a completed ghost gun.
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19 Apr 2022
Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community...in a fundraising email, for herself.
Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won't.
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Today marks the 27th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This act of domestic terrorism resulted in the deaths of 168 people, including 19 children, 8 federal law enforcement officers, and left 100s more seriously injured. #ATF50
ALT Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. We Remember.
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19 Apr 2022
Former Ohio police chief and two Indiana gun dealers plead guilty in conspiracy to illegally traffic 200 fully automatic machine guns. For more, go to justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/for…
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David Chipman retweeted
18 Apr 2022
Thank you David Chipman for saying to @1a reporter: “…allowing someone for eight minutes to spill untruths is dangerous business.”
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16 Apr 2022
New from me: The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees newyorker.com/news/a-reporte…
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David Chipman retweeted
15 Apr 2022
I’m doing things differently in the Senate. I publish my official schedule, I don’t take corporate PAC money, and I put my assets into a blind trust.
And out of 535 members of Congress, I’m the only one to do all three.
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David Chipman retweeted
13 Apr 2022
1/ NEW: Today @ProPublica is revealing, for the first time ever, who makes the most income in America–and what taxes they pay.
Dive in here! We've got charts! Tables! Gizmos! It's the most fun you’ll have thinking about taxes this morning.
projects.propublica.org/amer…
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David Chipman retweeted
12 Apr 2022
What a legend
12 Apr 2022
rest in peace to Gilbert Gottfried who has probably the best sequence in game show history on Hollywood Squares. if you're not an old hag like me who remembers the rules, both contestants needed his square to secure the 5-square win, but he decided to troll both of them
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David Chipman retweeted
11 Apr 2022
Good.
Now let’s ditch the filibuster finally pass common sense gun laws supported by a majority of Americans.
11 Apr 2022
BREAKING: The ATF has finalized a new rule to stem the flow of untraceable ghost guns.
Ghost gun kits were specifically designed to skirt federal law so guns could be purchased w/o a background check or serial number. Today, that changes. giffords.org/press-release/2…
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David Chipman retweeted
7 Apr 2022
My recovery is a lifelong journey, and aphasia is a big part of it. But an aphasia diagnosis doesn’t mean an end to communication. People who communicate differently are seeking—and we deserve—the same level of human connection as everyone else.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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David Chipman retweeted
7 Apr 2022
More than three years ago, I set out to determine how many children in America lost parents to gun violence. Today, we published a story that, for the first time, answers that question: at least 41 a day. (thread)
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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David Chipman retweeted
3 Apr 2022
Bucha. I never heard the name of this Ukrainian town until 16 hours ago, but I’ll never forget it for rest of my life. Hurts to confront these photos, but we cannot grow numb to this brutality. What we see isn’t just a massacre, it is a failure of “never again.” THREAD(Graphic)
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David Chipman retweeted
24 Mar 2022
“Auto sears are everywhere on the street right now,” said Jefferey Boshek, a 21-year ATF veteran. “They’re one of the scariest things we’ve dealt with since I became an agent.”
Read more from our collaboration with @VICENews: thetr.ac/umsLw
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David Chipman retweeted
28 Feb 2022
Just a staggering figure: @OpenSecretsDC calculates that Russia has spent $164,597,221 on American lobbying since 2016, the year it became clear that Russia was interfering in our elections. opensecrets.org/fara
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David Chipman retweeted
26 Feb 2022
Michigan is home to more than 46,000 Ukrainian-Americans, ranking us 4th in US by % (7th by #). They are our neighbors, co-workers and friends, and a vibrant part of the fabric of our communities. #StandWithUkraine
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18 Feb 2022
US far-right podcaster charged after machine guns found in basement. Federal agents enforcing those laws on the books. theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
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17 Feb 2022
Branding your military-style assault rifle to children using skulls with pacifiers is not what I had in mind when I’ve asked for truth in gun industry marketing. fastcompany.com/90721663/an-…
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16 Feb 2022
And yet @ATFHQ continues to partner with @NSSF while @SenAngusKing said NO to my ATF nomination absent the NSSF seal of approval. This is why the parents of dead children like @manueloliver00 are climbing cranes outside the @WhiteHouse.
16 Feb 2022
So what is @NSSF up to since it blessed the Sandy Hook Man Card campaign? Oh…just celebrating this new company that markets AR15s directly to “wee kids” with skulls and pacifiers. Yup. It’s real. WeeTactical’s JR15 debuted at nssf’s shot show a month ago.
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