I dont think I did but I cant really tell b/c its hard to understand what you’re really trying to say. There was no way to trace them, thats a FACT thats been established almost from the beginning. The ATF had no idea where the guns were going, who had them and the Mex govt wasn’t cooperating b/c they weren’t aware of the operation. Additionally, the ATF had almost no human resources in place to do the leg work. The only time the ATF would have access to weapons in Mex was by chance or when the Mex govt invited them to help. THe situation could have been for any number of reasons not just murders. So, basically, they were shut out of the loop running blind most of the time...that is if they even cared. The big news makers were almost always murders but there were other lower profile occasions like arrests and weapons confiscations that would have also given trace data. However, the ATF was mostly shut out of those show n tell situations b/c the Mex govt was clueless.
I will agree that our govt ran this covert operation to give Congress the cover to write draconian gun laws. That should give everyone pause whether you own a gun or not. If they would do this in one instance what would stop them from others like taking away your right to assemble peacefully or go to church or free speak or....
Although, the ATF’s cited intention was to track the guns, instead, the feds lost track of the guns as they crossed the border to Mexico. At least one weapon was discovered near the scene of the murder of border control agent, Brian Terry.
I am not into relativism re this matter. Just because it was an inept attempt to create hysteria for gun control nutjobs, does not excuse making the BAFT into a CRIMINAL ORG.
there actions during Waco were questionable. Apparently they learned NOTHING from those investigations.
this is a LE that is capable of severely affecting Law biding citizens. The sheer fact that they were so willing to MANUFACTURE evidence should at least raise a pink flag for you.