Clay Higgins Denounces Biden’s ATF: ‘There’s No Such Thing As Gun Violence- Only Human Violence’
During a joint House Judiciary & Oversight hearing last month, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) questioned witnesses about the ATF and guns.
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No such thing as gun violence. When Darryl Brooks plowed through the Christmas parade, they didn't call it SUV-violence.
@kimcissell1905
Жыл бұрын
Pressure cookers at the Boston Marathon.
@ExtremelyRightWing
Жыл бұрын
They actually did call that SUV violence. The race angle wasnt in their favor.
@thomasprice1320
Жыл бұрын
911 didn't ban jets. Arson didn't ban lighters or matches. Gun violence isn't about violence. It's about disarming law abiding citizens so the Marxist infiltrators has no opposition in over throwing America.
@Freewilly2000
Жыл бұрын
@Ron White how come the more gun laws passed the more killing happen? Because criminals know law abiding citizens won’t break the laws so the criminals will have a better chance that they won’t die committing their crime
@megamus3
Жыл бұрын
@Ron White 4999 of them black no doubt, for instance there were round about 700 murders in Chicago last year, 98% of them carried out by blacks, is this the guns fault or black cultures fault?
We are a Constitutional Republic with a document that gives us the right to keep and bear arms, and that will happen forever. We The People are getting really tired of this debate.
@OriginalShroom
Жыл бұрын
The Constitution didn't give us anything. It outlines what our most important rights are and Limits the power of the Federal Government over the people. Remember, Obama said the Constitution was a "Negative Rights" when it came to the Government. He didn't like that.
@schuy601
Жыл бұрын
The first thing the Communists did in Russia and in China after their revolutions was to take all the guns from the people so that they could never fight back or resist again, so that they would be forever under the boot of communism. This is what Biden and the Democrat communists want to do to the American people. Let them take your guns and you will never have free elections, freedom of speech, freedom of Association, a Bill of Rights and a Constitution again. You will be slaves under a Communist government and your children and your children's children will be slaves
@williammills8953
Жыл бұрын
Exactly 💯💯.. We aren't a democracy either. Democrats democracy is a failed ideology.
@kenharper7189
Жыл бұрын
We are under attack by the left on almost a daily basis. That needs to stop.
@carlz7777
Жыл бұрын
As long as Joe's old (and current??!!) boss want to change the "outdated" Constitution!
finally, someone in congress, said the quite part, the truth, out loud.
@foxtrotjulietbravo5536
Жыл бұрын
And the quiet part!
@chrisreed3572
Жыл бұрын
*quiet* but yes, Higgins is a beast
@schuy601
Жыл бұрын
The first thing the Communists did in Russia and in China after their revolutions was to take all the guns from the people so that they could never fight back or resist again, so that they would be forever under the boot of communism. This is what Biden and the Democrat communists want to do to the American people. Let them take your guns and you will never have free elections, freedom of speech, freedom of Association, a Bill of Rights and a Constitution again. You will be slaves under a Communist government and your children and your children's children will be slaves
@williammills8953
Жыл бұрын
Yes William. I agree
@eldestgurl1900
Жыл бұрын
This guy rocks!!
Throw the criminals in jail period!
@stevehlabse5537
Жыл бұрын
Ropes on trees work well
@craigsaimes4063
Жыл бұрын
And bring back mental institutions for the mentally ill. They should of never closed down insane asylums. Now the mentally I'll are running the streets unsupervised and alot of them are homeless.
@jeffw8848
Жыл бұрын
@@stevehlabse5537 tall trees, short ropes.👍
@caesarsalad1170
Жыл бұрын
@@stevehlabse5537 Jail doesn't work so much these days, they get early release while being in a comfy 5 star prison. A tree in a forest and leave them for the animals
Do they call it DRUG Violence when 100,000 people died from drugs last year?
@Mike_HuntizWet
Жыл бұрын
No. They call that Orange Man Rads fault
@ExtremelyRightWing
Жыл бұрын
But theres no way drugs could have killed people, because drugs are banned.
@marvinheemeyer6660
Жыл бұрын
They sure ain't calling all the fentanol deaths "drug violence". Fentanol is just something we have to accept because the Biden administration is being paid by the Chinese where it's made to do nothing. This all orchestrated to systematically take this country down from the inside.
@darrencaughey111
Жыл бұрын
That is an absolutely fantastic point!
@paulmeredith4515
4 ай бұрын
Of course not, don't be a SillyBilly! Everyone knows that only one side of the aisle (with their agenda, and complacent media lapdogs) uses emotionally charged words and loaded statements. Manipulation, dishonesty, and a scripted agenda with 1984 double talk for the win bud!
An elected representative worth listening to... Thank you for all you do!❤
@williammills8953
Жыл бұрын
Yes. And his words was not demeaning. He was on point and clear to the facts.
@jayboogie9614
Жыл бұрын
People like this keep our nation strong and they don't get enough credit for having our back when the government overstep the line of constitutional rights
@jramsey9690
2 ай бұрын
He sucks. He's one of those guys who thinks he's "superior" (especially to women) because he's in the House of Representatives. This ex-cop fired from his job due to lying, but he never mentions that) works for me, not the digusting Republican Party.
Clay Higgins is the voice of reason.
@jramsey9690
2 ай бұрын
No he's not. He's the voice of the crooked, craven, power-hungry far-right wing Republican Party.
It's not the gun. It's the mental ability of the person that has the gun.
@MonicaSĪGÑofJõñãhYUNIS
Жыл бұрын
Sorcerer's... The OCCULT communicate with the JINN 🧞♂️👽 broadcasting their spell's to commit CRIME'S AGAINST HUMANITY!
@TainyT888
Жыл бұрын
@Ron White that's the problem. They shouldn't be allowed to own one.
@GrizzlyLiberal-ru3fs
Жыл бұрын
Anyone can purchase a gun but most people does not go on a shooting spree killing little innocent children
@kathyc00per2
Жыл бұрын
@@GrizzlyLiberal-ru3fs it's the person mental ability that had the gun.
@caesarsalad1170
Жыл бұрын
@Ron White Why did all this become common in the past few decades? Hell, even in early 2000s, kids would have rifles/shotguns in their trucks to go hunting after school. No one ever shot it up. Took some balls with that totally helpful gun free zone law...that school shootings started rapidly occurring after it passed, and of course in places where few people had guns. Golly! Must be a coincidence right?!
I could put a fully loaded firearm on a table and leave it there for 100 years and would never fire. It takes a person to pull the trigger
WHAT A POWERFUL MAN LOVE CLAY HIGGINS
He's a great Patriot and what a voice
@jramsey9690
2 ай бұрын
Gee, your basis for judging a politician (by his VOICE, FFS) is pretty low, isn't it?
I'm glad someone in Congress has common sense. The government cannot take our God given rights away!
@Dan-sc7us
Жыл бұрын
Wow! So now our representatives are using the same crazy, flawed logic!!
@matthewcurry3565
Жыл бұрын
They just made everyone especially crazy, and now give them all guns while they are safe. Wonderful. That hasn't been going bad already.
@janispaegle8693
Жыл бұрын
be careful with your delusion, if you argue that god has given you the rights to bare arms then some musim can argue that his god has given him rights to kill infidels, and as there is no god and both of you are delusional there is no way you can come to some agreement and make peace
@ronp2096
Жыл бұрын
Yet they don't want to action any laws that deal with mental health or safe gun regulation. Just the same merry go round of no action that will make change
@matthewcurry3565
Жыл бұрын
@@ronp2096 as a mental health patient I can reassure you that they will find a way to label you as mentally ill or make you by force go crazy so they can say the same thing
I am going to sue every teacher I ever had that gave me a bad grade because of what the pencil wrote!
DEFUND THE CORRUPT ATF!!!
@elizabethquinn1156
Жыл бұрын
Dismantle atf yesterday‼️📣🗣
Clay Higgins is outstanding.
@dcarts5616
Жыл бұрын
Never heard of him.
@marvinheemeyer6660
Жыл бұрын
@dcarts5616 + Google him. He was a take no shit off anyone law enforcer that called out "thugs" for what they were, challenged them to a gun fight to prove themselves or be deemed cowards. He is a true Cajun and emphasizes our culture (true South Louisana Cajuns) for what we are. People that want to see results, not talk about the problem and do nothing to fix it.
@rebeccawilliams7452
Жыл бұрын
D cart, told you didn't he?
The judge is allowing the murderers to go free lock them both up!
@johnpappe3289
Жыл бұрын
It's time these liberal judges are held accountable for letting dangerous criminals receive light sentences.
This, folks, is a standup guy.
EVIL IS NOT BORN IN A MECHANISM; IT COMES FROM THE HEART OF MAN. THE MORE GODLESS THE PEOPLE, THE WORSE IT WILL GET. WE HAVE SEEN IT!
@kylestewart2643
Жыл бұрын
God is not needed to be moral. However God is the easiest way to teach fools how to be moral while maintaining the fact that people are not perfect and at times fall short of expectations.
@user-pg3pe4gx4p
Жыл бұрын
No. It’s not that some people are not perfect, but that some people are evil. No one is perfect, but there is good and evil.
@Dan-sc7us
Жыл бұрын
@@kylestewart2643 Keep your god out of my government!
@mjolnirswrath23
Жыл бұрын
@@Dan-sc7us funny cause it's Written into the DOI and Constitution "Their own Nature's God and Natural Law" The GOD you serve is Government Ordained Discipline... Which has no place in OUR country..
Such a true fact. Replace a gun with a knife, axe, hammer, spoon ect. The fact remains, violent offenders are violent. It's not the tools fault it was used wrongfully. It's the human that used the tool.
@user-qn4zh2pw6m
Жыл бұрын
You can kill a lot people with an AR faster. That's how a 130 pound 19 year old was able to kill 17 people in nine minutes at Parkland. There's a reason the AR is the weapon of choice for mass shooters, it's effective. They should be banned.
@nojindoj2334
Жыл бұрын
If America would admit who does 65% of all gun violence, they could work on the problem, instead they want to disarm everyone, claiming we have a problem with racism, when the truth is we have a problem race.
@tracyjohnson5023
Жыл бұрын
Exactly! If I stab someone with a pencil, does it become an assault pencil? Do we ban pencils now? I'm a retired high school teacher and a former student showed me how to take a cardboard carton of school milk and turn it into an object that would slit a throat. Just one more illustration that it's a people issue, not an object.
@user-qn4zh2pw6m
Жыл бұрын
@@tracyjohnson5023 That's ridiculous. How many people can a 130 pound 19 year old kill in 9 minutes with a pencil? Probably zero. How many people can a 130 pound 19 year kill with a Armalite type WMD in 9 minutes? Sadly we know the answer is 17.
@DaBesst88
Жыл бұрын
And even more with an ied which are illegal but ANYONE can make one if the intent is there. No guns on the street, just blow up the entire block than. Bot.
Live you Higgins. Thank you for standing for the truth.
@kathyc00per2
Жыл бұрын
Love
@schuy601
Жыл бұрын
The first thing the Communists did in Russia and in China after their revolutions was to take all the guns from the people so that they could never fight back or resist again, so that they would be forever under the boot of communism. This is what Biden and the Democrat communists want to do to the American people. Let them take your guns and you will never have free elections, freedom of speech, freedom of Association, a Bill of Rights and a Constitution again. You will be slaves under a Communist government and your children and your children's children will be slaves
@IBenZik
Жыл бұрын
@@kathyc00per2 Next time put your cursor over you post. 3 dots to the right will appear. hover and edit/delete will come up. Just trying to help
@jacquelinejanz5792
Жыл бұрын
Higgins vs egomaniacs
@johns9779
Жыл бұрын
@@IBenZik dude she's just trying to live bro!
Why is it that Republicans seem to be the only ones who appreciate and support the US constitution?
@davef.2329
Жыл бұрын
R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-ans.
@mjolnirswrath23
Жыл бұрын
Leftists are illiterate and don't have the attention span to READ example the illiterate use of " pronouns"
@Kartracer95
Жыл бұрын
@@jwdory It really does seem that way
@martinleuchs5403
Жыл бұрын
You know that the Constitution has been amended several times. It's not a holy document and can be amended and changed as often as neccessary, when a sufficient majority wants it. Think!
@rebeljtown2071
Жыл бұрын
Some of them.
Love that Rep. Higgins! I've been loving him since he was tough on crime, Sheriff Clay Higgins - I could listen to his voice and words of wisdom all day long. We are fortunate to have him repping the USA
Thank you Rep. Higgins. I've been saying this for years. We need to spend money on prison infrastructure to keep thugs and hoodlums off of our streets. We need a judicial system that will send them there!
@jayheine8108
Жыл бұрын
A system that putting the career criminals in government behind those walls!
Exactly! Evil doesn't come from the end of a gun barrel. It comes from the heart!
That be like me blaming my pencil for misspelled words. Guns don't kill people , when that gun is laying on the shelf or in a drawer somewhere it's totally harmless there's not one thing dangerous about it till some dumb-ass picks it up
@sandrabiggs7869
Жыл бұрын
Bingo!! That gun will sit there a thousand years and not do a stinking thing until someone who's mentally deranged picks it up.
@Sleepeaze
Жыл бұрын
Well that’s what they would want you to believe. If no one has to take blame for their actions that means neither would they. Then they could cause all the mayhem that a government could do and blame it on somebody else
@MegaBoricuakid
Жыл бұрын
@Spencer Harris what? No they don't they want to blame the guns
@Sleepeaze
Жыл бұрын
@@MegaBoricuakid haha I guess you didn’t pick up on my sarcasm. My point is that they do want to blame the gun, so the person doesn’t have to take responsibility. Just like the original commenter said it was the pencil to blame for his mistakes.
@Sleepeaze
Жыл бұрын
@@MegaBoricuakid if it’s the guns fault, therefore the criminal is not to blame. This also gives incentive to try and remove guns from civilians, but of course criminals don’t care about laws, so they will still have the guns for themselves
What a great man Thank you Mr Clay Higgins
love hearin mr. Higgins speak!!! ty!!! and he is spot on!!! 100% correct.
Amen, finally someone stood up and said it.
GREAT GUY......
@davef.2329
Жыл бұрын
I guar-aun-teee!
Y'all need to listen to this man he knows what he's talking about
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous
Shall not be infringed because of tyrannical government
@Dan-sc7us
Жыл бұрын
Repeal the 2nd amendment!!!
@ExtremelyRightWing
Жыл бұрын
@@Dan-sc7us The 19th is far more dangerous than the 2nd.
@lorietaylor4665
Жыл бұрын
@@Dan-sc7us its still our GOD given right, 2nd Amendment is there to protect that right. But lets repeal your mouth
@roadwarrior3315
Жыл бұрын
@@Dan-sc7us repeal you!
@scottwhite6095
Жыл бұрын
@@Dan-sc7us Come and take it.
I don't know why this legislation was introduced unless, it's because they are exceeding their constitutional authority, which is, and has been, the case for decades. People need to wake up, put their foot down, and tell authorities they don't have domination over their creators.
Thank You Mr Higgins!❤️☮️🇺🇸
This man speaks the truth.. We need more like him in Congress.
Higgins!!!!🙌🇺🇸
A great, sound talk.
Why don't we hear about "knife violence", or "metal pipe violence", or "bow and arrow violence" (these are also used in hunting and crossbows make horrible holes)? And, how about people stabbed by screwdrivers, ice picks, etc.?
@Undomaranel
Жыл бұрын
Knitting needle violence is off the chain lately.
@missystephenson4098
Жыл бұрын
Biden is afraid the guns might be used against him
Amen Mr. Higgins! Thank you! It's easier to blame an inanimate object that address the real issues.
Stop their lies while it's still in their mouth
More reps like Clay.cmon
Mr. Higgins you are a national hero every time you speak strengthens my heart to believe in the true meaning of America freedom and justice under God. And that's is the God Jesus. 💯👀🙏
Thank you for speaking for us
Always great to see someone stand up for Truth, Logic and Human Rights in this day and age in our government!
Very well put ,, 💯🇺🇸
Nicely done
Higgins is one of my favorite Senators. Always prepared, gets his point across, stays on topic, and is a patient and good man. I love his accent and could listen to his logical interpretation of our Constitution all day.
Clay Higgins speaks the truth. You can tell. Lies take paragraphs and volumes. Truth takes a single sentence.
@jramsey9690
2 ай бұрын
Totally disagree. One sentence is easier for dummies to understand. If you don't know how to comprehend a concept in a more complicated way....like reading and UNDERSTANDING what's being said, you are part of the problem in this country.
@shawncolemusic
2 ай бұрын
@@jramsey9690 Well then you just keep on believing all the nonsense then. Somebody has to be gullible enough. Probably makes you feel smart. I hate to be the one to have to break it to you... You're not.
Thank you Mr Higgins! You should be in a higher position for the people, IMO! 🇺🇸👍
Thank you, Mr. Jiggings
Thank you Rep Higgins 🙏
Love this man.
Finally, common sense.
Hooah, Captain Clay!!!
Clay Higgins is a tremendous man in Congress. He is not my representative but I am so proud his constituents elected him to serve in our Congress.
Bravo!
On another note, what is the Executive Order that he’s referring?
I could listen to Rep Clay Higgens all day long. SMART MAN!!!
What is truth in this country has become scarey for the honest among us. And damning. 😞
I like this guy. Every time I hear him speak he makes sense. Sense that so far has been in agreement with our US Constitution and our founding principles. And he don't budge when pushed about it. He holds his ground and pushes back.👍🏼
Man. He spoke words ever so True.. love this guy.
This is correct. There has always been human violence. It matters not what weapons are used, were used, or will be used. Humans are violent. Violence is not good, and most often can only be stopped by equal or greater violence.
I need to drop a letter in the mail commending Clay Higgins!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
I have said this many times. "there's no such thing as an assault weapon "
That was f*****g outstanding! Semper fi
Clay Higgins, thank you, sir!!
Gotta like this guy!
Truth, Common Sense!
wish all politicians thought so clearly
Thank you Mr. Higgins.
To My House Representative Of Louisiana..Enough Said And Facts
🇺🇸 Clay Higgins
Clay Higgins is a "Word Magician" of the highest order. What an 🇺🇸 gem!
exactly : People are the problem Not guns ; cars; drugs; criminals are the problem : bad people are the problem ; bats ; knives ; sticks tools ; are not the problem :People are the problem.
LOVE Reo Clay Higgins.
Absolutely correct. Shall not be infringed is very clear and concise.
Finally, someone that actually uses their brain. Logically a mechanical tool cannot itself act as a individual to commit acts of violence without a user/operator of said tool.
Thank you! He said that right
God bless you Clay Higgins! I am honestly Proud that you represent my home state and the voice of my people. We stand with you, and fight beside you!
this man is incredibly smart.
I love this guy!
Well said!
Love this man he has respect honor honest a real man
Bravo! We absolutely will make changes.
shall NOT be F with. And that's what i'm going with !!!
To ask a constitutional question of an agency bureaucrat is like talking to a wall. No agency head is in their position except as political dupes and appointees.
Mr Higgins you sir are one "KICK ASS INDIVIDUAL" and I'm damn proud of you and your work! THANK YOU SIR
Awesome to hear truth spoken..
Exactly right!!!!
I. Like This Man, He Speaks The Truth. !
God bless you sir. Loved how you protected Rep. Bobert from the aggressor. You just shut that down. Thank you for your service.
Finally reasoning! Logic! Thank you!
Thank you.
Thank you Mr. HIGGINS I say the same thing here in upstate NY. Hunting is a big part of our lives.
Well said
Clay Higgins is friggin awesome. This dude gives no Fs about whom he might offend but he does it in a kind and gentle fashion. He is a true America-loving patriot. God bless Clay Higgins.
Absolutely tell it brother
God Bless Representative Clay Higgins, and all, with more clarity of speech
Brovo well said Higgins 👏
Every word spoken by Clay is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth 🇺🇲