WATCH: Clueless Biden ATF Agent Struggles To Disassemble Handgun On Live TV

An agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was seemingly unable to disassemble a Glock pistol or connect other parts of the firearm to another handgun, as captured on live TV during a recent segment on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

Chris Bort, acting chief of the ATF’s Firearms Ammunition Technology Division, participated in a story highlighting the proliferation of “ghost guns,” — untraceable firearms manufactured with 3D printers — as well as the lack of regulation around the sale of gun parts when the embarrassing incident occurred. Bort was attempting to remove the Glock’s slide and attach it to the frame of a ghost handgun.

“I can’t get this one apart,” Bort muttered before trying his hand at another Glock.

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Taking the ghost gun’s frame from the reporter, Bort told her, “Basically what they do is make this part here. This is the plastic piece without 20 minutes of work they can make it into a working firearm and then they can buy the after-market part,” referencing the Glock slide.

Things got even worse when Bort again struggled to attach the slide to the ghost gun’s frame, eventually handing the weapon to a person behind the camera while his colleague pressed for the need to regulate the sale of individual firearm parts.

“You would like to do that?” the reporter asked.

“That’s up to Congress to determine. But if we follow existing law… we can say ‘hey, Congress said we can regulate the frame”… and make sure [the frame] has a serial number on it from now on,” he replied.

More firearms were sold during President Joe Biden’s first year in office than his two White House predecessors, according to the Firearm Industry Trade Association, underscoring the fear by gun owners that the Biden ATF would seek to crack down on areas like gun parts sales which currently enjoy fewer regulations than the sale of complete firearms. Biden hasn’t done himself any favors to work collaboratively with the firearms industry either, referring to it as “the enemy” and nominating David Chipman, a gun control lobbyist, to head the ATF in 2021. His nomination was withdrawn two months after the U.S. Senate deadlocked on his confirmation.