{"id":25126,"date":"2011-06-27T09:51:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T13:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25126"},"modified":"2011-06-27T10:09:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T14:09:26","slug":"wapo-fast-and-furious-its-your-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25126","title":{"rendered":"WaPo: Fast and furious; It’s your fault"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah, during the BATFE’s braintsunami operation Fast and Furious, more than 2500 guns ‘walked across” the Mexican border from the US while agents sat on their hands. And whose fault is it? Why it’s you, the NRA and defenders of the Second Amendment, according to the Washington Post Editorial Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n

THE GUN RIGHTS lobby has spent considerable time and energy in pursuit of one goal: crippling the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). It has largely succeeded \u2014 and with dire consequences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Crippling them to the point of making the entire agency a lawless gang of imbeciles? Ya know, it might have made sense if they tracked 10 guns to the eventual end user, maybe 50 guns…but on what planet did they need to let two thousand five hundred guns get into the hands of criminals?<\/p>\n

Of course, the Washington Post editorial board claims that we need stronger gun laws not more competent BATFE agents;<\/p>\n

Lawmakers should give the ATF the tools it needs to fight illegal gun trafficking. They should enact stronger penalties for straw purchases and craft a federal gun-smuggling statute; close the gun-show loophole, which allows buyers under certain circumstances to purchase weapons without a background check; resuscitate the ban on assault weapons; and give the ATF the authority to collect data on multiple sales of long guns in border states.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which of those things would have prevented BATFE agents from ending their operation? Because the fact that the BATFE engaged in this illegal operation is what caused it. Maybe the “scary looking rifle ban”…maybe. Gun dealers wanted to stop the obvious straw purchases, but the BATFE waved them off. 2500 times.<\/p>\n

I snagged this link from DrewM at Ace of Spades<\/a>. You should read it, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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