Has anyone heard of this Operation: Gunrunner scandal that is brewing because of the agents deaths?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/2...5609.shtml
What it seems to boil down to is the ATF is putting guns in these drug cartels hands. Why would they do that? Some groups think they want to create a bit of hysteria to do an end run around the 2nd Amendment.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/2...5609.shtml
Quote:Sources tell CBS News several gun shops wanted to stop the questionable sales, but ATF encouraged them to continue.
Jaime Avila was one of the suspicious buyers. ATF put him in its suspect database in January of 2010. For the next year, ATF watched as Avila and other suspects bought huge quantities of weapons supposedly for "personal use." They included 575 AK-47 type semi-automatic rifles.
ATF managers allegedly made a controversial decision: allow most of the weapons on the streets. The idea, they said, was to gather intelligence and see where the guns ended up. Insiders say it's a dangerous tactic called letting the guns, "walk."
One agent called the strategy "insane." Another said: "We were fully aware the guns would probably be moved across the border to drug cartels where they could be used to kill."
What it seems to boil down to is the ATF is putting guns in these drug cartels hands. Why would they do that? Some groups think they want to create a bit of hysteria to do an end run around the 2nd Amendment.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
