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The theme here is that the National Rifle Association is weak and that the shooting deaths in Colorado are a wonderful opportunity to advance the gun-grabbing agenda.

NRA VP Wayne LaPierre accused Obama of working behind the scenes with the U.N. on a “treaty that could effectively ban or severely restrict civilian ownership of firearms worldwide.” – CNSNews.com

NRA EVP and CEO Wayne LaPierre agrees that the Fast and Furious gun scandal was nothing but a political scheme to deliberately increase American weapons used by violent Mexican drug cartels so that the Obama administration could garner support for gun control in America. LaPierre talks with Lou Dobbs about the latest with the Fast and Furious scandal and Thursday’s House vote to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress

Obama, Holder, Napolitano, and Clinton — visited Mexico in March and April of 2009. All four raised the issue of smuggled guns, and each in his or her own way vowed to “take the fight to the Mexican drug cartels.” All four supported tightening loopholes in existing gun laws and reinstituting the AWB. All four have denied knowledge of a program named Fast and Furious. All four executives in charge should have known what we citizens now know. – AT

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu railed against AG Holder and DHS Napolitano. On the phone with NRA’s Cam Edwards Babeu also noted that Mexico wants to extradite those responsible for the gun running scandal Fast and Furious that allowed US weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug cartels resulting in the death of hundreds of Mexicans and at least one US border patrol agent.

Joining a growing list of congressmen calling for Holder’s dismissal over the politically motivated gun smuggling operation known as “Fast and Furious” the NRA says Holder committed perjury. The DOJ gun running operation allowed weapons to be sold to buyers who then smuggled the weapons to Mexican drug cartels resulting in the death of a US border patrol agent and hundreds of Mexican citizens.

President Obama is “following the Mexican line” when it comes to the high amount of drug violence on the Mexican side of the U.S. Border. Bolton said Obama agrees that much of the violence is being caused by guns from the United States. Bolton refutes that as simply not accurate, and says Obama and other liberals are hoping to use this argument as a way to pass more gun control laws in the U.S. and internationally.

Traver allied with the progressive Joyce Foundation to lobby for tighter federal restrictions of Second Amendment freedoms. He supports curtailing access to ATF databases and opposes privacy protections for gun-owners. He has also compared automatic black-market weapons to legal semi-automatic assault weapons.

Obama’s election prompted record gun sales all across the US because people feared a leftist assault on gun rights. As predicted Obama and the leftists call for “reforms” citing the Tuscon shooting.

The immediate rejection of King’s legislation by Boehner illustrates the difficulty gun-control advocates will face in moving forward with any legislation.