JUST DO IT!
Posted on 11/07/2011 8:35:43 PM PST by george76
The theory, in brief, is that the Obama administration deliberately pumped guns into Mexico through Operation Fast and Furious in an effort to create a justification to impose gun control measures. I boiled the theory down to this...:
1. Obama and Holder support gun control but needed a pretext to implement it.
2. The administration argued falsely in 2009 that U.S. guns made up 90 percent of those used in Mexican gun crimes. That was the same time when Operation Fast and Furious began.
3. By flooding Mexico with high-powered weapons they were able to justify restrictions on U.S. guns. In fact, in July 2011, the administration put in place a rule requiring border-state firearms dealers to report anyone who buys more than one assault-type rifle within a five-day period.
Those are the basic concepts that I could fit in the story, but there are a couple of other worthwhile points to make in support of the theory.
ATF agent and whistleblower Vince Cefalu, who spoke at a Sept. 26 Tucson Tea Party event ... supports the gun-control theory. One of his key points is his analysis of the goals of Fast and Furious and gunwalking: “I don’t know what they were thinking, because nothing they have portrayed they were thinking makes any sense. It defies logic, common sense.”
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Another point, made to me by John Lott, the author of "More Guns, Less Crime," is that a variety of agencies became involved in Fast and Furious, including DEA and FBI. When multiple agencies become involved, Lott said, it becomes more necessary for political appointees in D.C. to consider and approve plans.
(Excerpt) Read more at azstarnet.com ...
Operation Fast and Furious
That is the only thing which fits what was done. There could be no other reason for sending such large quantities of guns other than to push for gun control. They then claim those crimes were due to U.S. guns in Mexico.
I can’t see any other thing which fits the facts. The only other possibility and I don’t believe it would be to supply revolutionaries in Mexico.
I’m having trouble linking to the source, but I am convinced that the current feds can f_ck up a crow bar in a sand pile, even if their motives are pure. In this case they were most definately not pure and the fruit of their motive rotted before their planned harvest.
I’d classify it as Sedition.
Bush did it too defense, will not work. Wide receiver did not run guns into Mexico.
Holder to call for tighter gun control in Fast & Furious testimony tomorrow
Not a new tactic. LaPierre (NRA) accused Clinton of the same.
Where are the positive examples of this noble operation? /HEAVY SARCASM
Treason and pre-meditated, agenda-driven murder.
Remember also that when Operation Wide Receiver was in operation under Bush they put tracer’s on EVERY gun, and got them back.
NONE of the guns Obama/Holder sent to Mexico had tracers on them. They never intended them to be traced, and they wanted no evidence on them the ATF was involved.
See John Lott's comments in the last paragraph...
Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer.
We are in the middle of two-year long national election. You’d think one of these yahoos would be creaming about this AT the media 24/7. Just one of them.
Actually, there is another reason, and it would make F&F even uglier.
The feds claim over 2000 weapons bought with our money, and "sanitized" by eliminating all traces of criminality. How many have been recovered? What's to say that most of them are in some unmarked federal warehouse, or stored in the mail room at BATF and FBI offices all over the country.
It's a large stash of sanitized weapons with no "flags" on them, and never put in any database. Great for any time a throwdown "assault weapon" is needed. It can be traced right back to the FFL dealer, where the dealer will be blamed for it. The CIA would also like a supply of American weapons that can appear when needed, with no criminal history behind them.
It wasn't just "under the radar gun control". The other main advantage, which explains why so many agencies involved, was to establish a supply of photogenic Evil Black Rifle that can only be traced back to a legitimate dealer, who unfortunately wound up in jail, while the gun runner died from a bad case of "suicide by cop".
I never dreamed the government would be providing the guns to Mexico, I thought they were just lying about the amount. Now it makes sense how the numbers are traced to the US,........ because Obama sold them. I would venture to say that the number of American guns in Mexico is more like 10% if you discount the thousands provided by Holder.
The only reason I can surmise is that our tax dollars paid for the guns. Who would pass up a freebie throw away crime gun (to be) among the Cartels?
My liberal family members are always talking about how conservatives are curtailing personal freedom. They cite limits on abortion, restrictions on Fetal Stem cell research, and the Patriot Act as examples. When I talk to them about Fast and Furious, they tell me that this type of thing is okay because it’s for the good of the public because guns are evil and cause murders.
Just like they "screamed" about the violation of the Constitution's Article II requirement that the President be a natural born Citizen.
Do you really think that the treasonous republicans give a flying frick about anything but their own wealth and power?
It was quite a moment and this show will repeat on Current TV this Friday at 7 PM EST.
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