Notes from the Resistance
If that sounds familiar, it’s the premise on which Operation Fast and Furious, which Grassley opened his letter to Dettelbach with, was founded. [More]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
ATF Warns Texas FFLs About Dangerous Cartel Activity in the Next 60 Days [More]
I don’t suppose there’s a fix for this before things get to that point…?
Oh, I keep forgetting– this has nothing to do with that “single issue.”
And point of order:
Former Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the sale of guns to the cartels in that operation. The idea was to track the weapons back to Mexico, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) lost track of the firearms.
That wasn’t the idea, that was the excuse. If there’s evidence the Phoenix Field Division got those instructions from Holder, I have not seen it. And you don’t “lose track” of weapons if you don’t attempt to track them.
This was no “botched gun sting.”
[Via Jess]
CBS News is running a special investigation into the smuggling of firearms to Mexico. US government officials estimate that the cartels are smuggling 2,000 firearms a day across the Mexican border. The way it works is that the cartels alerts buyers in the US who are not prohibited persons of their needs, they transfer the guns to brokers, and then the guns go to smugglers who take the firearms across the border to the cartels. Buyers are reported to be spread across all 50 states. [More]
Why did I suddenly think “Ecclesiastes”?
John Richardson does a great job bringing us up to speed and putting things in perspective with the overlooked history, something the DSM will not do.
Glenn Beck Interviews Former ATF Strike Force Member, John Dodson – “You Cannot Trust Your Government” [More]
I’m glad to see him emerging from a self-imposed silence.
A few years back Mike and I helped obtain financing and made some introductions for a documentary and had a credited professional filmmaker ready to interview him but he decided it wasn’t in his interests at the time to keep talking (I’d heard on advice of counsel)– so it didn’t advance beyond a preview:
I’ve been out of touch with the documentarian for some time now– I wonder if it’s too late or even possible to try and pull the project back together…
[Via CP]
“We estimate that about 70 percent of the guns that end up in Mexico are guns that come from the United States of America,” said Salazar. [More]
They’re counting on short memories.
That’s what happens when you’re confident your operations can abet killing people with impunity and the DSM will cover for you.
[Via Lane]
Guns, Cash Seized from Smugglers Headed to Mexican Border, Say Cops in Texas [More]
Y’know, if someone were conspiracy-minded, I can see how they’d think busts like this were needed to feed a narrative…
[Via bondmen]
To fight back against the improper use of taxpayer dollars and to defund bureaucrats, today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling on Inspector General Michael Horowitz to work with the whistleblowers to fully investigate the issue, recover misspent funds, and hold bad actors accountable. [More]
Because nothing says “We’ll get to the bottom of this” like entrusting the investigation to a Breuer/Holder/Obama apparatchik! And look at all those wrong-doers his Gunwalker inquest nailed!
Thank goodness no “real reporters” ever followed up on any of this!
So the question becomes is Ernst actually oblivious to this or is this just a way to pander to her base while knowing full well nothing will change?
[Via Antigone]
Biggs said one of the Fast and Furious guns has recently been used in a crime. Biggs didn’t provide details of this crime, but said the ATF is now questioning the firearms dealer from which the gun emanated. [More]
I wish he would provide details because I’ve been asked and it caught me flat-footed, although I’ve been away from that story, and my original sources have moved on or gone silent.
I will take exception to one characterization Biggs made:
“Botched.”
If you believe that, you’ve allowed yourself to be misdirected from the get-go.
My old boss and partner Jonah Peretti announced today that he’s shutting down BuzzFeed News, which we built together starting in 2012. [More]
I know some are thinking “Serve’s ’em right” and I’ve had objections to them myself, but I will say they (surprisingly) wrote what I found to be one of the fairest reports on Gunwalker, Mike, and me.
[Via Jess]
As a fraudulent criminal in government, Luna played the citizen disarmament game using the same narrative lies prohibitionists here were exploiting to try and swindle American citizens out of their birthright. [More]
Criminals in government are the same murderous and greedy gun-grabbing swine on both sides of the border.
Mexico’s former public security head is convicted in the U.S. of taking cartel bribes [More]
I sent this to the editor over at Firearms News and got the green light to write it up.
“This was a textbook case of trafficking firearms to Mexico,” ATF Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski said in the press release. “Firearms trafficking is illegal and immoral. Unfortunately, the consequences of a firearm illegally possessed in the United States and Mexico can cause danger and harm for decades. As demonstrated by this case, we will continue to investigate and prosecute gun traffickers who endanger the lives of law-abiding citizens in our communities.” [More]
Speaking of textbook cases…
[Via CP]
I joined Bill Frady yesterday to talk about the Secret Service/Hunter Biden affidavit and ATF wanting to destroy Gunwalker guns:
That ongoing legal actions require evidence to be preserved and that ATF, the agency that stonewalled investigations and retaliated against whistleblowers now seeks to be the agent of its destruction, is a good circumstantial indicator that its priority remains one of covering up. [More]
There can be no “reform.” These corrupt bastards will never back down unless they are forced to.
Yesterday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) notified us that it intends to destroy the firearms associated with the botched Operation Fast and Furious. [More]
I thought there was no statute of limitations on being accessories to murder.
This is the first time I can recall having a serious disagreement with Jim Jordan.
[Via Henry Bowman]
The Internet Archive/Wayback Machine is conducting its annual fundraiser. As has been my practice, I donated once more.
Why?
Because ever since Examiner.com shuttered operations, it is the only place on the internet that has preserved my Gun Rights Examiner columns, starting from the first one through to my getting unceremoniously fired in 2015. It is the only place on the internet that has preserved my Operation Fast and Furious “Project Gunwalker” reporting, which would otherwise be lost.
Ditto for old GUNS Magazine “Rights Watch” columns that their website no longer hosts.
I suppose I could go back and copy everything and repost it anew — if I had a solid year to do nothing else but that. But I don’t and I can’t.
I recall somebody here in comments a while back saying something about rethinking his contribution because the founder’s daughter was a big lefty or something like that– I don’t remember the specifics. In any case, I’m not giving for her, I’m giving to help preserve what I consider a vital resource that serves my self-interests. As you know, I never ask for donations for myself. If it’s in your self-interest to see the history of Fast and Furious (or anything else) preserved, this is the best way to do it that I know of.
* By Screen shot from DVD of Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11955831
Unfortunately, or more likely as planned, the answer to keeping U.S. arms from being smuggled across the border into Mexico is something those screaming the loudest for citizen disarmament and against an uncontrolled northward flow of drugs and illegal aliens don’t want to hear about: Control the damn border. [More]
There is no new thing under the sun and the more things change the more they stay the same. Hey, it’s not like a low-information public deliberately being kept that way will recognize old lies being dusted off and reintroduced as “truths”.
It’s impossible not to notice, though. When certain issues come up, anybody deviating from a certain position is viciously attacked and “cancelled.” [More]
So I haven’t just been imagining stuff like “baseless” or “botched gun sting“…?
[Via bondmen]
Between 70-90% of guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico can be traced back to the U.S. [More]
This is the same crap the grabbers were pulling before we exposed Fast and Furious gunwalking. It says nothing about guns purposely NOT submitted for tracing.
How about government does its job and safeguards the f***ing border instead of you letting in the cartels while demanding our disarmament?
I’m sorry for the Newtown losses, but they’re not my fault and any natural sympathy I have goes out the window when they attack my right to protect myself and my loved ones. Whether you attack me out of greed or out of grief ceases to matter at that point– either way, you deserve to be repelled.
[Via President Non_Fudd]
An Arizona man will spend two years in federal prison for purchasing roughly 80 weapons on behalf of Mexican cartels. Some were smuggled into Mexico, where at least one was used in a murder. [More]
It’s still more than these guys got…
Tell me again what Wayne Fincher did to deserve 6 1/2 years and not being allowed to attend his wife’s funeral…
[Via bondmen]
