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Last January, former U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz [R-FL-1] introduced\u00a0H.R. 374<\/a>. It was a short bill that became known as the \u201cAbolish the ATF Act.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hereby abolished,\u201d Gaetz\u2019s bill said.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was simple, really.\u00a0<\/p>\n Unfortunately, it received the same response as other bills Gaetz had submitted, such as\u00a0H.R. 9534<\/a>, the National Constitutional Carry Act, or H.R.3142<\/a>, the Stand Your Ground Act of 2023. The bills were introduced but never received any further attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gaetz didn\u2019t seem to care about his lost legislation. He had bigger things on his mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gaetz will always be known best for leading the fight that dumped the former Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, last year. But for those who really know the 42-year-old former congressman who lives in Fort Walton Beach, Florida with his wife Ginger, this too was just par for his course.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gaetz\u2019s critics were never the silent type. Now, they\u2019ve become slaphappy and completely unglued.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Axios reported there were gasps in the room coming from Republican lawmakers when Gaetz name was first announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt must be the worst nomination for a cabinet position in American History,\u201d John Bolton told\u00a0NBC\u2019s Meet the Press<\/em><\/a>. Gaetz is \u201ctotally incompetent\u201d for the AG position, Bolton said, adding, \u201cThis is a nomination the Republican Party would oppose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a serious nomination for the attorney general,\u201d said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska. \u201cThis one was not on my Bingo card.\u201d<\/p>\n The BBC seemed to get Trump\u2019s Gaetz decision better than the rest of the traditional media. They said Gaetz\u2019s \u201cbombastic approach\u201d meant that he has no shortage of enemies, including some of his fellow Republicans. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so, Trump\u2019s choice of Gaetz for this crucial role is a signal to those Republicans, too \u2013 his second administration will be staffed by loyalists who he trusts to enact his agenda, conventional political opinion be damned,\u201d the BBC wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gaetz\u2019s recent resignation from the House brought a quick halt to the internal investigations that had plagued him for the past few years, and House Speaker Mike Johnson referred to Gaetz as an \u201caccomplished attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a reformer in his mind and heart, and I think that he\u2019ll bring a lot to the table on that,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n To be clear, Gaetz has denied every allegation made against him, which are now all moot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Critics Be Damned\u00a0<\/p>\n Matt Gaetz was not available Thursday. Calls to his former congressional phone numbers went straight to voicemail. Additional phone numbers were not answered either.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gaetz is nothing new or divisive to longtime Floridians. In fact, he\u2019s exactly what we want from our public servants. A longtime radio host told me Thursday morning that Gaetz\u2019s now former constituents cared about two issues: \u201cGuns and guns.\u201d I would strongly agree.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gaetz cares more about the Second Amendment than anyone else in Congress \u2013 especially the Democrats. So, of course they are going to attack him personally. In fact, Gaetz is currently attracting as much if not more hate and discontent from the left than President-elect Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, much of the press Gaetz now faces is about what you\u2019d expect, especially the stories from NBC.<\/p>\n A story published by NBC News Wednesday titled, \u201cJustice Dept. employees stunned at Trump\u2019s \u2018insane,\u2019 \u2018unbelievable\u2019 choice of Matt Gaetz for attorney general,\u201d sums up most of the angst that characterizes the legacy media.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOMG,\u201d a current senior Justice Department official said. A second department official called the selection \u201ctruly stunning,\u201d and a third labeled it \u201cinsane,\u201d the story claims. Of course, none of the alleged Republicans were named.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m pretty confident that Gaetz isn\u2019t bothered by NBC\u2019s stories or those of other likeminded reporters. After all, he\u2019s got as they say in his section of Florida\u2019s panhandle,\u00a0bigger fish to fry.<\/em><\/p>\n Matt Gaetz has strongly supported the Second Amendment since his first day in Congress, and he will get President-elect Trump\u2019s backing for his new job regardless of what the Democrats (and it appears some Republicans) choose to do, even if it takes a recess appointment or some other type of maneuver.<\/p>\n Florida and now the entire country need Matt Gaetz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n This story is courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project. Click here<\/a> to support the project.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nA Warrior<\/h2>\n
![<\/a>Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. (Rod Lamkey\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nLast January, former U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz [R-FL-1] introduced\u00a0H.R. 374<\/a>. It was a short bill that became known as the \u201cAbolish the ATF Act.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hereby abolished,\u201d Gaetz\u2019s bill said.\u00a0<\/p>\nIt was simple, really.\u00a0<\/p>\nUnfortunately, it received the same response as other bills Gaetz had submitted, such as\u00a0H.R. 9534<\/a>, the National Constitutional Carry Act, or H.R.3142<\/a>, the Stand Your Ground Act of 2023. The bills were introduced but never received any further attention.\u00a0<\/p>\nGaetz didn\u2019t seem to care about his lost legislation. He had bigger things on his mind.\u00a0<\/p>\nA Warrior<\/h2>\nGaetz will always be known best for leading the fight that dumped the former Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, last year. But for those who really know the 42-year-old former congressman who lives in Fort Walton Beach, Florida with his wife Ginger, this too was just par for his course.\u00a0<\/p>\nGaetz\u2019s critics were never the silent type. Now, they\u2019ve become slaphappy and completely unglued.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nAxios reported there were gasps in the room coming from Republican lawmakers when Gaetz name was first announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cIt must be the worst nomination for a cabinet position in American History,\u201d John Bolton told\u00a0NBC\u2019s Meet the Press<\/em><\/a>. Gaetz is \u201ctotally incompetent\u201d for the AG position, Bolton said, adding, \u201cThis is a nomination the Republican Party would oppose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a serious nomination for the attorney general,\u201d said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska. \u201cThis one was not on my Bingo card.\u201d<\/p>\nThe BBC seemed to get Trump\u2019s Gaetz decision better than the rest of the traditional media. They said Gaetz\u2019s \u201cbombastic approach\u201d meant that he has no shortage of enemies, including some of his fellow Republicans. \u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cAnd so, Trump\u2019s choice of Gaetz for this crucial role is a signal to those Republicans, too \u2013 his second administration will be staffed by loyalists who he trusts to enact his agenda, conventional political opinion be damned,\u201d the BBC wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\nGaetz\u2019s recent resignation from the House brought a quick halt to the internal investigations that had plagued him for the past few years, and House Speaker Mike Johnson referred to Gaetz as an \u201caccomplished attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s a reformer in his mind and heart, and I think that he\u2019ll bring a lot to the table on that,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\nTo be clear, Gaetz has denied every allegation made against him, which are now all moot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nCritics Be Damned\u00a0<\/p>\nMatt Gaetz was not available Thursday. Calls to his former congressional phone numbers went straight to voicemail. Additional phone numbers were not answered either.\u00a0<\/p>\nGaetz is nothing new or divisive to longtime Floridians. In fact, he\u2019s exactly what we want from our public servants. A longtime radio host told me Thursday morning that Gaetz\u2019s now former constituents cared about two issues: \u201cGuns and guns.\u201d I would strongly agree.\u00a0<\/p>\nGaetz cares more about the Second Amendment than anyone else in Congress \u2013 especially the Democrats. So, of course they are going to attack him personally. In fact, Gaetz is currently attracting as much if not more hate and discontent from the left than President-elect Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\nUnfortunately, much of the press Gaetz now faces is about what you\u2019d expect, especially the stories from NBC.<\/p>\nA story published by NBC News Wednesday titled, \u201cJustice Dept. employees stunned at Trump\u2019s \u2018insane,\u2019 \u2018unbelievable\u2019 choice of Matt Gaetz for attorney general,\u201d sums up most of the angst that characterizes the legacy media.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cOMG,\u201d a current senior Justice Department official said. A second department official called the selection \u201ctruly stunning,\u201d and a third labeled it \u201cinsane,\u201d the story claims. Of course, none of the alleged Republicans were named.\u00a0<\/p>\nI\u2019m pretty confident that Gaetz isn\u2019t bothered by NBC\u2019s stories or those of other likeminded reporters. After all, he\u2019s got as they say in his section of Florida\u2019s panhandle,\u00a0bigger fish to fry.<\/em><\/p>\nMatt Gaetz has strongly supported the Second Amendment since his first day in Congress, and he will get President-elect Trump\u2019s backing for his new job regardless of what the Democrats (and it appears some Republicans) choose to do, even if it takes a recess appointment or some other type of maneuver.<\/p>\nFlorida and now the entire country need Matt Gaetz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nThis story is courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project. Click here<\/a> to support the project.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. (Rod Lamkey\/Pool via AP) Last January, former U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz [R-FL-1] introduced\u00a0H.R. 374. It was a short bill that became known as the \u201cAbolish the ATF Act.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hereby abolished,\u201d Gaetz\u2019s bill said.\u00a0 It was simple, really.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it received the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21272617608631-1-scaled.jpg\"){kind=link}