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Jul 11, 2011 23:08

Nice. The Feds deliberately and illegally flood the Mexican border with American firearms, leading to the deaths of at least two American law enforcement officers and countless Mexican civilians, then impose new regulations on firearms sales to stem the tide of American firearms to Mexico.

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I know I shouldn't do this, but ... charlesdee July 20 2011, 22:48:01 UTC

Project Fast & Furious was, according to Senator Grassley who is pushing this investigation, a program run by the Phoenix office of the ATF, not a national program. Additionally, the project involved 2,500 guns being tracked by the ATF into Mexico as part of an attempted "sting" on illegal gunrunners. I know you have strong feelings regarding guns generally, but given your law enforcement background I'd expect you to understand that stings often involve allowing low-level illegal activity in order to identify, arrest, and prosecute higher-level lawbreakers. Hell, I learned that much from watching Miami Vice as a kid (not that I rely on Miami Vice for this information - we covered stings in my Criminal Law class when I was in law school, too ( ... )

Re: I know I shouldn't do this, but ... akin July 29 2011, 01:37:36 UTC

When I got back from ComiCon, I started working on a reply that had reached four pages by the time I realized that it just wasn’t worth it ( ... )

Re: I know I shouldn't do this, but ... akin July 29 2011, 01:37:47 UTC

So, maybe this thing is being overhyped, but frankly when something is done that has no chance of achieving what it’s claimed goals are, and field agents say not only won’t work but will lead to dead Americans (not to mention dead Mexicans), and low and behold that’s exactly what happens... I think it deserves the spotlight ( ... )