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2011-03-04 Caribbean-Latin America
Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico
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Posted by Steve White 2011-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 this sounds like b.s. - but if it turns out to be true, then damn - has to be one of the most retarded things I've ever heard a federal agency trying to pull off...

BTW - what Phoenix gun shop was selling AK-47s to illegals or even Mex-American criminals? Unless it was from a private owner, Every piece I've ever bought I've been background checked like it's cool.
Posted by Broadhead6 2011-03-04 00:42||   2011-03-04 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 I have been watching this story for coupla weeks now, but I can't credit it either way.
Posted by badanov 2011-03-04 00:51|| http://www.freefirezone.org  2011-03-04 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 BH6; I have seen reference that the shops were told to complete the sales by the BATF. If that pans out the stink goes all the way to the top as that means the Background Check was falsified at the top, in DC.
Posted by tipover 2011-03-04 01:27||   2011-03-04 01:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Holder ought to resign. Immediately. Looks to me like he is possibly accessory to murder.
Posted by crosspatch 2011-03-04 02:46||   2011-03-04 02:46|| Front Page Top

#5 He ought to resign anyway.
Posted by gorb 2011-03-04 02:50||   2011-03-04 02:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Now you know why a couple of days ago, Obama meets with Mexican President Calderon and gives him a fat trucking deal. To try to buy him off just as this is hitting the fan, Chicago style.

However...the people who have been victims of this outrage should make these politicians wish they were never born.
Posted by Unavinter Henbane7582 2011-03-04 03:05||   2011-03-04 03:05|| Front Page Top

#7 I get treated like a de facto criminal every time I want to buy a revolver or hunting rifle, and the government gives guns to non-citizens like eating popcorn?

If this is true, it will not go away. This is something that will strike America's consciousness like a gut punch, on two levels. One, it is another reminder that although we love our guns, for all the right reasons, we are subjected to unreasonable regulation to use them legally.

Two, once again, we will have objective proof that the NPR-listening cultural-educational elite ruling class more highly regards scurrilous no-account foreigners than it does its own middle class center/right majority.
Posted by no mo uro 2011-03-04 05:57||   2011-03-04 05:57|| Front Page Top

#8 There's a lot of money sloshing around here. Look at what the Soviets could buy from Aldrich Ames for a pittance. Should we be surprised that there are equally weak and greedy humans working at the glorious BATF?

Just another reason to legalize.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-03-04 09:11||   2011-03-04 09:11|| Front Page Top

#9 This could be true. The ATF has been involved in shady $hit before. On the other hand, it might be a disgruntled senior agent who didn't get promoted or get a raise. He may also be an honest agent who can't abide this and is whistle-blowing. I noted this story was reported by Sharyl Attkisson on ace investigative reporterette (sarc on) Katy Couric's website. This may be a hit piece on guns and the left's meddling lobbying machinations for more gun control.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-03-04 09:11||   2011-03-04 09:11|| Front Page Top

#10 If they can just tie ONE of those weapons to a murder, just ONE! These people must go!
Posted by Besoeker 2011-03-04 09:42||   2011-03-04 09:42|| Front Page Top

#11 I can see it being true. The guns are tied to US shops, crackdowns happen, anti-gun legislation is passes, ATF gets more funding and power and liberals get more anti-gun laws.

Win-win-win for everyone in power.
Posted by DarthVader 2011-03-04 10:08||   2011-03-04 10:08|| Front Page Top

#12 it might be a disgruntled senior agent

Yep, might be. However, it's one hellva nuke hand grenade to take the bastards with you. The Bureau folks never had the ethics lesson that not only the act but the appearance of the act is unacceptable. This simply reinforces that lesson unlearned.
Posted by Procopius2k 2011-03-04 10:30||   2011-03-04 10:30|| Front Page Top

#13 If you're going to give weapons to bad guys you ought to at least modify them so they don't work very well - or better still, work against the shooter.
Posted by Glenmore 2011-03-04 12:21||   2011-03-04 12:21|| Front Page Top

#14 Were they trying to pin the loss of these rifles on average joe and the 2nd ammendment?

Do I need to re-evaluate Colderon's speech to the US Congress?

What is the theory here? Was boss cartel going to go pick the guns up like in the movies? I'd think at best a cell would be charged, but only if Mexico shared the information how does that go? Oh those guns used in that assault against Police Headquarters, yeah we sold them to the bad guys, they are breaking the law so now you can go arrest them. Sure you can borrow our helicopter but watch out they are well armed, trust us on that. Unlikely. So, if true, we have a government organization arming and contributing to a group which destabilizes the Mexican Government? Yes the scary question is to what end?
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-03-04 12:32||   2011-03-04 12:32|| Front Page Top

#15 CBS is reporting this story? Did hell freeze over or is there more, or less, to the story than they are willing to tell?
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-03-04 12:33||   2011-03-04 12:33|| Front Page Top

#16 tipover - I didn't know that. Thanks. This whole deal is extremely FUBAR.
Posted by Broadhead6 2011-03-04 13:39||   2011-03-04 13:39|| Front Page Top

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