More blunders, questionable actions and the hits just keep coming from the hearings into Project Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious chaired by Congressman Issa. Here are just a few of the “highlights” via NRA-ILA;

BATFE knowingly allowed as many as 2,500 firearms to be sold illegally to known or suspected straw purchasers. One of those purchasers accounted for over 700 illegal guns.

BATFE ordered its agents working the program not to arrest illegal gun buyers or to interdict thousands of guns that were allowed to “walk” into criminal hands.

Senior BATFE officials in Washington were regularly briefed on the operation and approved of the tactics employed.

BATFE agents who opposed the operation and who raised objections were told to “get with the program” and threatened with job retaliation if they continued their opposition.

Here is a quote from the testimony of Special Agent John Dodson of the BATFE.

“Simply put, during this operation known as Fast and Furious, we, ATF, failed to fulfill one of our most fundamental obligations, to caretake the public trust; in part, to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.”

Get more of the story here. NRA-ILA




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Shivang Patel
Shivang Patel

Why do we have the ATF again? Seems like their pretty much useless like the current Administration.

KenInMontana
KenInMontana

Get a grip, it's a figure of speech. Why do you think it's in parenthesis?

IMaTelaU
IMaTelaU

These American hating leftist purposely allowed those guns to "walk". My theory is that they would cause a cascade of casualties then the "narrative".. would be for the "Government" to do something!!!!! Problem is though the mexican cartels have a standing caviate to not harm Americans.... so as not to bring attention to the violence. The cartels can behead and rape and murder mexicans all day long and the MSM will do nothing... soooooo all those guns killed rival gang members... until the drug runners made the mistake of KILLING a federal law officer!!!! Make no mistake those higher ups at the ATF KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING!!!!!! Now, how much did Nobama know and when did he know it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Thumbgumby
Thumbgumby

Actually it started in 2005. There are many articles related to this program and rumors about it started not long after it was initiated.

KenInMontana
KenInMontana

Ah my bad, but it seems it was 2002 and the entire Bureau was transferred to the Justice Dept.

voted against carter
voted against carter

American Government Complicit in Smuggling W e a p o n s Used to K i l l Border Patrol Agent Confirmed:

OPERATION "GUNRUNNER"

Our treasonous rulers have DELIBERATELY allowed American guns to be smuggled into Mexico,

so that Obama can use their presence there to UNDERMINE the Second Amendment.

It has now been confirmed that Border Patrol agent Brian Terry,

who came under fire by some illegal aliens while providing free police services to others, was killed with weapons put in enemy hands by our own rogue government

as part of the ATF's Eric Holder-approved "Fast and Furious" program.

KenInMontana
KenInMontana

Holder is not in control of the ATF, Holder is head of the Justice Dept. The ATF (BATFE) is part of the Treasury Dept under Geitner.