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Gunwalker Scandal Blows Up. Senator Grassley Releases Smoking Gun ATF Trace Data
The Truth About Guns ^ | 10 February, 2011 | Robert Farago

Posted on 02/11/2011 5:16:16 AM PST by marktwain

Holy frijoles, there is it in black and white: the ATF traces on the guns used to murder Customs and Border Protection Agent Brian Terry. They reveal unequivocally that the ATF met the enemy and it was them. Click here for the actual trace data report sheets and Senator Grassley’s response to the ATF and Department of Justice’s stonewalling. Even for those of us who’ve been following this story, Senator Grassley’s letter is, well, shocking. “The ATF had been tracking [suspected murderer Jaime] Avila’s firearms purchases because Avila was a suspected trafficker since at least November 2009. According to whistleblowers, at least one gun dealer wanted to stop participating in sales like those to Avila sometime around October 2009. However . . .

the ATF allegedly encouraged the dealer to continue selling to suspected traffickers and asked the dealer to forward information about the sale to the Bureau . . .

In addition to these specific weapons, the indictment of Avila and others references approximately 769 firearms. Of those, the indictment refers to the recovery of only about 103 weapons. So, where are theother approximately 666 weapons referenced in the indictment?

I’d point out how spooky that number is, but the truth is that the ATF-enabled weapons have been used—will be used—to murder innocent people. Grassley’s letter slams the DOJ for stonewalling and accusing the Senator of politicking. It concludes with an email from Agent Terry’s mother, which I will publish separately.

Some data points from the docs.

- The guns recovered from the crime scene, the weapons used to kill Agent Terry were two of three WASR-10s sold by Arizona’s Lone Wolf Trading gun dealer to one Jaime Avila. [page 16]

- Avila also purchased five FN FiveseveN pistols from Lone Wolf on one occasion [page 5] and further three pistols on another [page 9]

- Avila also purchased two .50 caliber Barrett rifles, sold by Scottsdale Gun Club. If I may say, holy shit. [page 18]

- The inclusion of two documents indicating delayed trace request—issued by the ATF to the Department of Justice—suggests that the ATF initially engaged in a cover-up of the murder weapons’ source. [page 23]


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; border; gunwalker; trace
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A real investigation of ATF coming? With tough questions under oath...? It is possible.
1 posted on 02/11/2011 5:16:19 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain; Joe Brower

Chuck Grassley better stay out of Fort Marcy Park, and avoid canoe trips on the Potomac.


2 posted on 02/11/2011 5:19:36 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic is now on Kindle.)
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To: Travis McGee

...and get the anti-freeze in his car checked to make sure it’s not the self-igniting kind...


3 posted on 02/11/2011 5:21:26 AM PST by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: marktwain
Nothing new here. Like the Randy Weaver thing on a bigger scale. ATF kept coming to Weaver as undercovers, asking him to saw off their shotgun, over, and over, and over.

David Koresh was a licensed federal firearms dealer, who "had a stockpile" of weapons. Now why would a person with a firearms dealer's license not have an inventory of weapons? That's like being concerned that a cheese store has cheese in it..............

4 posted on 02/11/2011 5:22:19 AM PST by blackdog
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To: marktwain

We have a criminal government.


5 posted on 02/11/2011 5:22:37 AM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: marktwain

But the real problems are the “gun show loophole,” “high” capacity magazines,” and the right of law abiding citizens to purchase firearms. The solution, of course, is to restrict our rights and give the fedgov and BATFE more power. /typical libscum donk


6 posted on 02/11/2011 5:24:57 AM PST by piytar (Obastard is a use of the term "bastard" in the literal sense -- Obama is hiding his daddy's identity)
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To: marktwain
Manufacturing criminals by the alphabet soup crowd is just lazy police work, and usually politically motivated.

There are plenty of criminals out there. Catch them in a responsible manner.

7 posted on 02/11/2011 5:25:11 AM PST by blackdog
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To: marktwain

Thanks for posting. BTTT!


8 posted on 02/11/2011 6:26:20 AM PST by PGalt
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To: blackdog
Now why would a person with a firearms dealer's license not have an inventory of weapons? That's like being concerned that a cheese store has cheese in it..............

Do you have ANY cheese in this chees shop?

9 posted on 02/11/2011 6:35:08 AM PST by VRWCmember (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: marktwain

The link is blocked from the system I’m using. If there are any other articles you can post links to, that would be greatly appreciated.


10 posted on 02/11/2011 6:36:02 AM PST by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: marktwain

The link is blocked from the system I’m using. If there are any other articles you can post links to, that would be greatly appreciated.


11 posted on 02/11/2011 6:36:04 AM PST by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: marktwain

sfl


12 posted on 02/11/2011 7:17:09 AM PST by phockthis
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To: RavenATB

Google is your friend.

http://tinyurl.com/4ma9zpx


13 posted on 02/11/2011 7:27:33 AM PST by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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To: blackdog

This has been coming a long time on BATF. They need to go back to doing their original purposes. Maybe Grassley can expose enough to get and keep the ball rolling.

On the whole, with all the clamity coming to a head with this herd of fools at nobama/soros administration, maybe, just maybe many things will come out of the wash better for the USA.

This white guilt scam has reached its peak and can only go downhill. I can see the distinct possibility that nobama will either just give up and run or the Generals will visit him with an “offer” of protective custody or exile. When you’re making history (1st black Prez) don’t stop there, really make history with 1st exile.


14 posted on 02/11/2011 7:55:52 AM PST by dusttoyou ("Progressives" are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
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To: RavenATB
Here is a link to an artile that I wrote.

There are many more links on Freerepublic if you do a keyword search for gunwalker.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2671838/posts

15 posted on 02/11/2011 8:38:03 AM PST by marktwain
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To: VRWCmember
  Customer: (deliberately) Have you in fact got any cheese here at all.

Owner: Yes, sir.

Customer: Really?

(pause)

Owner: No. Not really, sir.

Customer: You haven't.

Owner: Nosir. Not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time, sir.

Customer: Well I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to shoot you.

Owner: Right-Oh, sir.

(The customer takes out a gun and shoots the owner)

Customer: What a *senseless* waste of human life.


16 posted on 02/11/2011 8:48:30 AM PST by zeugma (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
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To: marktwain
- The guns recovered from the crime scene, the weapons used to kill Agent Terry were two of three WASR-10s sold by Arizona’s Lone Wolf Trading gun dealer to one Jaime Avila. [page 16]

- Avila also purchased five FN FiveseveN pistols from Lone Wolf on one occasion [page 5] and further three pistols on another [page 9]

- Avila also purchased two .50 caliber Barrett rifles, sold by Scottsdale Gun Club. If I may say, holy shit. [page 18]

- The inclusion of two documents indicating delayed trace request—issued by the ATF to the Department of Justice—suggests that the ATF initially engaged in a cover-up of the murder weapons’ source. [page 23] ------------------------------------------------------------

From the Grassley letter:

"After the shooting of CBP Agent Terry, law enforcement officials recovered from the scene two assault rifles. On December 16, 2010, ATF's trace results confirmed that serial numbers 1983AH3977 and 1971CZ3755 match two of the three rifles purchased by Avila and tracked by the ATF nearly a year earlier. In addition to these specific weapons, the indictment of Avila and other reference approximately 769 firearms. Of those, the indictment refers to the recovery of only about 103 weapons. So, where are the other approximately 666 weapons referenced in the indictment?"

17 posted on 02/11/2011 9:37:52 AM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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To: zeugma

Customer: Is this a cheese shop or isn’t it.

Owner: Finest in the county, sir.

Customer: By what logic do you make that claim?

Owner: Well, it’s very clean.

Customer: Well is certainly isn’t contaminated by cheese.


18 posted on 02/14/2011 6:18:50 AM PST by VRWCmember (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: VRWCmember
Customer: Well is certainly isn’t contaminated by cheese.

great skit Those guys were brilliant. It's funny how little text you need from many of them to bring them right back to you.

"This is and ex-parrot!"

19 posted on 02/14/2011 6:38:38 AM PST by zeugma (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
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To: zeugma

Several years back, in our Christmas musical at my church, the choir was doing a production that involved a Christmas shopping rush scene in a department store, and I played the part of a hapless and harried shopper looking for the return department. The director asked me what I had in mind for a prop as I was trying desperately to find the return department. I told him I had it figured out and would take care of it. So I went to a hobby shop and a pet store to get my props and at the dress rehearsal for the big scene with an empty bird cage in one hand and a big “dead” parrot in my other hand.


20 posted on 02/14/2011 11:04:12 AM PST by VRWCmember (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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