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Home Front: Politix
Project Gunwalker: Rep. Cummings To Hold Democratic Hearings On "Fast and Furious"
2011-06-29
The ranking Democratic member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on the flow of illegal guns between the U.S. and Mexico on Thursday in response to recent controversy over a botched gun-trafficking program.

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) called for the forum after several weeks of roiling revelations about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Operation "Fast and Furious," which allegedly allowed thousands of U.S. firearms to be trafficked into Mexico in violation of federal law

The operation is currently under a congressional investigation led by Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking member, who held several hearings on the program earlier this month and have said they plan to hold high-level Justice Department officials accountable.
Cummings focus will be entirely on the gun control aspect. He asked Issa in the June 15 hearing about doing this.
Cummings has also voiced his desire to hold officials responsible. At a hearing earlier this month, he promised justice for family members of a Border Patrol agent killed by Mexican bandits near Rio Rico, Ariz., last December.

Two guns sold to straw buyers during the operation were recovered at the scene of the shootout.

"I promise you we will not rest until every single person responsible -- no mater who they are -- are put to justice," Cummings told members of Brian A. Terry's family.
and after he pushes his agenda of gun control
Speakers at the minority hearing will include Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), a former ATF agent and several gun control advocates.
From Cummings opening statement at the June 15 Issa hearing:
No legitimate examination of this issue will be complete without analyzing our nation's gun laws, which allow tens of thousands of assault weapons to flood into Mexico from the United States every year, including fifty caliber sniper rifles, multiple AK variants, and scores of others. When Mexican President Calderon addressed Congress in May, he pleaded for us to stop fueling a full-scale drug war with military grade assault weapons.
How this hearing came to be -- Later in the same Issa hearing
"No legitimate examination of this issue will be complete without analyzing our nation's gun laws, which allow tens of thousands of assault weapons to flood into Mexico from the United States every year, including .50-caliber sniper rifles, multiple AK variants and scores of others," Cummings said.
Oh yes, let's have a hearing on that and make sure someone has the answers to debunk these myths. And then see whether the Dummycrats will allow that into the record.
"In order to explore these issues further, today I am exercising my right under the rules of the House for a minority day of hearings with several witnesses who will testify about these issues in detail. I did not think it was necessary to call these witnesses for today's hearing, but I will work with Chairman Issa on scheduling this hearing in the near future."
So now, we know the topic of this hearing. It's not about "Fast and Furious."
Posted by:Sherry

#6  What did AG Holder know, and when did he know it?
Posted by: Crolusing Shusoque9230   2011-06-29 21:48  

#5  Cummings focus will be entirely on the gun control aspect. He asked Issa in the June 15 hearing about doing this.

The old red herring gun control once again. More idiocy. The only control needs to be restraint within the Federal government--not some bogus control directed at citizens.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-06-29 16:14  

#4  Another speaker of tomorrow's hearing, Paul Heimke, retired President of the Brady Campaign, posted this today: In the ATF "Fast and Furious" Controversy, Congress Needs To Question Its Own Behavior
Posted by: Sherry   2011-06-29 16:02  

#3  Quoting the keynote speaker of tomorrow's hearing, Sen Chuck Schumer himself, "Like flat-earth fanatics, Second Amendment Fanatics just don`t get it. The NRA`s Second Amendment is an empty cereal box in the market place of ideas."

Schumer brags about authoring all the anti-gun legislation signed into law by Bill Clinton. You remember his boast: "We`re going to hammer guns on the anvil of a relentless legislative strategy. We`re going to beat guns into submission."

So you see, Project Gunwalker is about gun control -- and either way, it could be a win-win for them.
Posted by: Sherry   2011-06-29 15:52  

#2  Cummings focus will be entirely on the gun control aspect.

yep.
Elijah is a racist communist member of Congress, and an all around jerk.

Classic move coming from him.

leopard, spots...
Posted by: Mikey Hunt   2011-06-29 13:08  

#1  IOW, the octopus will release an ink cloud.
Posted by: charger   2011-06-29 12:59  

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