Posted on 06/29/2016 4:36:18 PM PDT by TigerClaws
One of the guns used in the November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks came from Phoenix, Arizona where the Obama administration allowed criminals to buy thousands of weapons illegally in a deadly and futile “gun-walking” operation known as “Fast and Furious.”
A Report of Investigation (ROI) filed by a case agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) tracked the gun used in the Paris attacks to a Phoenix gun owner who sold it illegally, “off book,” Judicial Watch’s law enforcement sources confirm. Federal agents tracing the firearm also found the Phoenix gun owner to be in possession of an unregistered fully automatic weapon, according to law enforcement officials with firsthand knowledge of the investigation.
The investigative follow up of the Paris weapon consisted of tracking a paper trail using a 4473 form, which documents a gun’s ownership history by, among other things, using serial numbers. The Phoenix gun owner that the weapon was traced back to was found to have at least two federal firearms violations—for selling one weapon illegally and possessing an unregistered automatic—but no enforcement or prosecutorial action was taken against the individual. Instead, ATF leaders went out of their way to keep the information under the radar and ensure that the gun owner’s identity was “kept quiet,” according to law enforcement sources involved with the case. “Agents were told, in the process of taking the fully auto, not to anger the seller to prevent him from going public,” a veteran law enforcement official told Judicial Watch.
It’s not clear if the agency, which is responsible for cracking down on the illegal use and trafficking of firearms, did this because the individual was involved in the Fast and Furious gun-running scheme. An ATF spokesman, Corey Ray, at the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters told Judicial Watch that “no firearms used in the Paris attacks have been traced” by the agency. When asked about the ROI report linking the weapon used in Paris to Phoenix, Ray said “I’m not familiar with the report you’re referencing.” Judicial Watch also tried contacting the Phoenix ATF office, but multiple calls were not returned.
The ATF ran the Fast and Furious experiment and actually allowed criminals, “straw purchasers,” working for Mexican drug cartels to buy weapons at federally licensed firearms dealers in Phoenix and allowed the guns to be “walked”—possessed without any knowledge of their whereabouts. The government lost track of most of the weapons and many have been used to murder hundreds of innocent people as well as a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry, in Arizona. A mainstream newspaper reported that a Muslim terrorist who planned to murder attendees of a Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas last year bought a 9-millimeter pistol at a Phoenix gun shop that participated in the ATF’s Fast and Furious program despite drug and assault charges that should have raised red flags. Judicial Watch has thoroughly investigated Fast and Furious and has sued the Obama administration for information about the once-secret operation.
My, my my, what a small world we live in. Right, Eric Holder?
Aaaaannnnd the media is silent....
You can see the headlines already.
Will there be a WORLD protest against guns in America?
Because Russian and Chinese guns never end up on the black market.
Eric Holder is gone, so can’t directly reek havoc.. But his legacy lives on and Fast and Furious continues to cause havoc.
Obama’s gun. Planted to help curtail the God given rights of American citizens.
That's upsetting one of our guns was sold and ultimately got in the hands of terrorists in the Paris massacre but it's not surprising.
Operation Fast and Furious?
I’d be very interested in knowing the details of the fully automatic season and the illegal sale. I’m afraid I’ve seen too many BATF prosecutions over absolutely nothing to trust the bare recital. (Remember David Olofson?)
damn good job done in identifying & many thanks to Judicial Watch !
Obola will simply say that Republicans in Congress leaked the serial numbers of the F&F guns, and that those leaked SNs were used to make fake guns designed to look like they came from F&F when really they were produced elsewhere in the world.
They’ll claim this is part of a setup, orchestrated or at least facilitated by Republicans.
“I really doubt this. More likely is that Zastava is reusing serial numbers.”
Exactly. It is common for slightly different models to have the same serial number. I thought this had been debunked before. One gun an AKM or variant; another a semi-auto variant with the same serial number.
Simple confusion of same serial numbers, slightly different models, issue.
“was “kept quiet,” according to law enforcement sources involved with the case. “Agents were told, in the process of taking the fully auto, not to anger the seller to prevent him from going public,”
Fast and Furious coverup?
You can convert semi to auto.
I think the story works politically for us. Obama arming terrorists like he did in Syria.
So was the transfer from McCain, or Holder, or Val?
So much treason. So much racketeering.
And not one (1) patriot in the entire “US” Congress
as the guns keep flowing out, and the terrorists
and incurable diseases keep flowing in.
It can be done. Not nearly as easy as some claim. But AKs are common, all over the Middle East, and in the old East block.
It seems highly improbable. Pretty sure this store came out and was debunked a month or two ago.
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Oh Benghazi. We hardly knew ye.
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