The guest on the show breezily dismissed such talk. It was a sting operation. Police have done such things for decades. A few items are given to bad guys to show good faith, and the end result is that lots of bad guys get arrested, and entire criminal operations are busted wide open. Happens all the time. Nothing to see here. Move along.
The host responded with so much relief it was palpable.
This is really bad stuff, and they are desperate to sweep this under the rug.
I won't put it in the plural. "If you try to take my weapons, I will kill you. Then I will find whomever it was that sent you, and kill them. I will continue this course of action until I reach the end of your food chain, or I am dead."
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This kind of crap underscores the need to defund NPR and let them compete in the marketplace.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this was done by ATF to provide a trumped confirmation of their claim that the Mexican bandidos are relying on US gun purchases to arm themselves. They said guns were being smuggled from America to Mexico, then they aided and abetted the Mexican smugglers to make sure that guns really were being smuggled out of the US.
They set up a straw man then created the circumstance to knock it over. But their stunt appears to be backfiring on them.
Interesting to learn that the media’s disinterest isn’t
all intentional malfeasance. That NPR person has a lot to
learn.