Posted on 04/05/2011 5:02:13 AM PDT by marktwain
Always on the make for the “show case” case to justify their existence and requests for ever increasing budgets,” Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown writes about ATF management in the June Soldier of Fortune magazine, “this travesty, named ‘Project Gun Runner’ ranks right up there with their wretched blunders at Waco and Ruby Ridge, along with the recent attempt to entrap Laotian freedom fighters. ATF spokesmen lamely justify such stupidity, saying they were trying to use this smuggling effort as a means to bring down a major cartel. Though they never explain ‘how’ giving the cartels small arms would result in their demise.”
As per his trademark style, Brown, the magazine’s editor and publisher, pulls no punches. And he deals out “attaboys” with the same passion, as this correspondent learned from the following completely unexpected passage:
"And whom do we thank for exposing this scandal? A number of people. For beginners, David Codrea, a pro-gun activist who writes a column for Guns magazine and Michael Vanderboegh, who is the brains behind the pro-gun blogsite, Sipsey Street Irregulars (www.sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com). If you are seriously interested in this scandal, Vanderboegh’s blogsite has a superb time line.
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In light of the heroic work done by the aforementioned individuals, SOF has decided to honor all four by awarding them the “Soldier of Fortune 2nd Amendment Freedom Fighter Award for 2011.” Now, somebody ought to nominate them for a Pulitzer. Presentation of the awards will be made at the NRA convention in Pittsburgh, 29 April–1 May. For details, check the SOF website."
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The Pulitzer Prize is a disgusting joke. It’s the Stalinist Mass Murder Coverup Prize.
OTOH, Robert K. Brown, editor of SOF, is a real American patriot.
Mike Vanderbough has been at the forefront of 2nd Amendment freedom in many ways, not just Project Gunwalker. He is presently appealing a Class-A misdemeanor to a higher court in Alabama. He is charged with carrying a firearm without a license. He is an advocate of Constitutional Carry, and practices what he preaches.
So: Someone tell me please.
How many ATF agents have been removed from their jobs.
Has anyone been suspended without pay?
Who is doing the investigation for the Gvernment?
What is the current position of the case?
Has it actually stopped or is the gun purchasing still going on?
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