DOJ coverup of multi-departmental failed Operation Fast and Furious where not only were guns allowed to be bought and taken into Mexico but FBI funds were even used to buy some of the guns. How high does the scandal go? In carefully worded statements both Eric Holder and the White House have said that they did not “approve” the operation but did not deny knowledge of it.
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Mexican lawmakers want to put US officials on trial for gunrunning scandal
Fast and Furious is the name of the deadly sting ATF operation that watched U.S. guns cross the border into Mexico and failed to keep track of them. Mexican lawmakers are now calling for the extradition of U.S. officials responsible for the failed operation to stand trial for the deaths of hundreds of Mexicans. Congressman Darrell Issa says the scandal leads to the top. Some believe the Obama administration allowed this deadly plan as a way to justify gun bans by executive order.
ATF agent says Holder involved or incompetent in gun scandal
ATF Special Agent Jay Dobyns appeared on FOX and claims Attorney General Eric Holder either knew of the fiasco known as fast and furious or is incompetent in running the Justice Department. Some suspect that allowing assault and sniper rifles to “walk” into Mexico was a way for the Obama administration to justify claims that US guns were being used in Mexican drug cartel violence. When guns which were allowed to walk into Mexico were found at the scene of a Border Patrol agent’s murder ATF agents that had opposed the operation exposed the scheme.
Obama’s the Target of Mexico Gunrunning Probe
From the Mexican standpoint, Operation Fast and Furious was an act of war on Mexico.
Allen West: gun violence a result of liberal economic policies
Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. talks to Guns & Patriots editor about gun rights and the attitudes about the firearms culture in the African American community. West said gun violence in urban areas and inner cities is a result of liberal economic policies.
Gungate scandal grows – DOJ stonewalling
Department of Justice and Democrats on the Oversight committee site the internal DOJ investigation as a reason for stonewalling the committee’s investigation.
Obama, Democrats block investigation into deadly Project Gunrunner
The government has been trying to cover up, bury and thwart this investigation. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, discusses the upcoming Congressional hearings on Operation Fast and Furious and Project Gunrunner, which led to the deaths of Americans and Mexicans, as well as Mexican drug cartels possessing U.S. guns.
Gun control by executive order?
[Obama] administration is exploring ways to bypass Congress and enact gun control through executive action.
FBI DATA PROVES ANTI-GUNNERS WRONG ON CRIME
Preliminary crime data from the FBI for 2010 adds more evidence that gun prohibitionists have been consistently wrong, and that more guns do not equal more crime.
Government allowing guns to Mexican drug cartels
Senator Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is trying to get to the bottom of the ATF’s disastrous gunrunning sting known as project gunrunner. Weapons the ATF allowed into the hands of Mexican drug cartels have been found at Mexican crime scenes including the murder of a US agent.