Gunrunner causes furor
On that whistleblower-fueled story that we’ve discussed several times in the past few months about the “Project Gun Runner” project of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives which allowed legally purchased firearms by suspect purchasers, ghost to Mexico to the grubby paws of the drug cartels. Fox News reports that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) grilled AG Holder pretty thoroughly over the subject.
“We’re not looking at straw buyers, Mr. Attorney General, we’re looking at you,” Issa said. “We’re looking at you, we’re looking at your key people who knew or should’ve known about this.”
Holder shot back.
“The notion that somehow or another that this Justice Department is responsible for those deaths, that assertion is offensive,” Holder said, referring to the death of American Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
“What if it’s accurate, Mr. Attorney General?” Issa responded. “What am I going to tell Agent Terry’s mother about how he died at the hands of a gun that was videotaped as it was being sold to a straw purchaser fully expecting it to end up in the hands of drug cartels?”
So everything is “offensive” when Holder is confronted with actual facts.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Guns
Typical of a leftist, feign offense and attack. If the shoe fits, Mr. Attorney General……..your kids screwed the pooch on this, you knew about it; now, when you’re confronted by the fact you tap-danced on your weiner, you want to attack the person asking the questions.
@ #1 – You nailed it to the floor, Trooper. *hooah*!
Trooper,
I think it goes beyond “screwing the pooch”. This was a deliberate effort to introduce these weapons into an environment where they were certain to wind up in the hands of the cartels, while at the same time running.a press baptism campaign to criminalize legal gun purchasers in the border region. Just a part of the larger effort to restrict 2nd Ammendment rights combined with the bureaucratic ineptitude of the DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. Two sides of the same coin in my eyes. these policies contribute to the expanding lawlessness in the border region while limiting the right of citizens’ right of self defense.
these policies contribute to the expanding lawlessness in the border region while limiting the right of citizens’ right of self defense.
Yep!
Totaly agree, Ltc Tim. Well said.
And, OT nailed the AG on his feigned outrage, as did Rep. Issa. It may be “offensive” to you, Mr. Holder, unfortunately for you, it’s also absolutely true.
Huh. Holder didn’t pull his race card. Perhaps he thought the cloture vote on McConnell was going to save him.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/04/1300-guns-bought-illegally-suspect-buyers-atfs-gunrunner-program/
“In a second, equally explosive disclosure, a law enforcement source tells Fox News, that ATF undercover agents were acting as the straw buyers and purchasing guns using government-issued false identifications and then providing those guns to cartel traffickers to gain credibility in their undercover roles. In that capacity, the ATF “provided 2, 50 cal. machine guns to traffickers that are loose in Mexico and unaccounted for,” the source said.”
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