Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) used House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan's (R-OH) hearing on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to point out what would happen if Republicans succeed in abolishing the agency.
At the Thursday hearing, Nadler posed the question about shutting down the ATF to agency Director Steven Dettelbach.
"If Republicans were to succeed in their effort to abolish the ATF, how would that affect public safety, particularly gun violence in this...