ATF Smuggles Guns to Mexican Drug Lords
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As part of their on-going war against America?s gun owners the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been forcing gun dealers to knowingly sell firearms to prohibited persons who in turn smuggle those guns to Mexican drug cartels.
ATF allows guns into Mexico to pad stats
For well over a year, the mainstream media has embraced the statistic that between 80-90% of guns in Mexico were sold in America and smuggled across the border, and that number necessitates the need for more restrictions on gun sales. But ATF officials were knowingly allowing firearms sold in the United States to be taken across the border into Mexico to pad these statistics under ?Project Gunwalker.?
They claimed that by doing this they could track suspicious purchases and see where they ended up. The result, however, is a case study in government power running amok. The
The tragic death of Border Agent Brian Terry was the catalyst for the revelation of the ATF's "Gunwalker" scandal.
purchases got larger and larger, leaving agents on the ground to begin questioning the rationale behind the project.
According to some insider reports, even the gun store owners were skeptical of making several of these sales, as they seemed rather suspicious. The businesses were, however, pressured by federal agents to continue selling.
Smuggled firearm used to kill U.S. Agent
Worse yet, not only were these firearms being allowed to walk across the border, but one of these same weapons was used in a shootout by Mexican drug dealers that left U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry dead. It wasn?t until that incident that the ATF began arresting those they believed to be involved in the trafficking of firearms across the border.
Since that time, several ATF agents have come forward to testify against the irrational behavior of their superiors that resulted in the death of a law enforcement officer.
ATF and Obama stonewall investigation into scandal
At least two members of Congress have written letters to the acting director of the ATF, demanding they provide documentation of this operation, and have been rebuffed by ATF bureaucrats. One reporter even questioned President Obama regarding Project Gunwalker and was stonewalled by his statement, claiming no knowledge of the operation and that, ?it?s a big government with a lot of moving parts.?
The ATF continues to try to spin this story into an opportunity to beg Congress for more authority and more taxpayer dollars by claiming that if they had enough money and authority, situations like this would not occur.
Dudley Brown and NAGR members call for hearings
National Association for Gun Rights? Executive Director Dudley Brown and thousands of NAGR members have called on their members of Congress to hold hearings and hold the ATF accountable for this outrageous scandal that has led to the death of a U.S. law enforcement officer and is a threat to U.S. border security.
If the ATF is successful in their efforts to cloud the detail of the story, it will assuredly result in tighter regulation on the gun market ? as if it were not over-burdened with needless red tape already ? and a more heavily funded organization that has already proven they will ignore the law to advance their anti-gun agenda. The anti-gun bureaucrats responsible for this scandal have shown a willful disregard for the law, and for the safety of American citizens.
To keep up to date with the latest news on the ?Project Gunwalker? scandal, log on to www.NationalGunRights.org and sign up for Gun Rights e-mail alerts.
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As part of their on-going war against America?s gun owners the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been forcing gun dealers to knowingly sell firearms to prohibited persons who in turn smuggle those guns to Mexican drug cartels.
ATF allows guns into Mexico to pad stats
For well over a year, the mainstream media has embraced the statistic that between 80-90% of guns in Mexico were sold in America and smuggled across the border, and that number necessitates the need for more restrictions on gun sales. But ATF officials were knowingly allowing firearms sold in the United States to be taken across the border into Mexico to pad these statistics under ?Project Gunwalker.?
They claimed that by doing this they could track suspicious purchases and see where they ended up. The result, however, is a case study in government power running amok. The
The tragic death of Border Agent Brian Terry was the catalyst for the revelation of the ATF's "Gunwalker" scandal.purchases got larger and larger, leaving agents on the ground to begin questioning the rationale behind the project.
According to some insider reports, even the gun store owners were skeptical of making several of these sales, as they seemed rather suspicious. The businesses were, however, pressured by federal agents to continue selling.
Smuggled firearm used to kill U.S. Agent
Worse yet, not only were these firearms being allowed to walk across the border, but one of these same weapons was used in a shootout by Mexican drug dealers that left U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry dead. It wasn?t until that incident that the ATF began arresting those they believed to be involved in the trafficking of firearms across the border.
Since that time, several ATF agents have come forward to testify against the irrational behavior of their superiors that resulted in the death of a law enforcement officer.
ATF and Obama stonewall investigation into scandal
At least two members of Congress have written letters to the acting director of the ATF, demanding they provide documentation of this operation, and have been rebuffed by ATF bureaucrats. One reporter even questioned President Obama regarding Project Gunwalker and was stonewalled by his statement, claiming no knowledge of the operation and that, ?it?s a big government with a lot of moving parts.?
The ATF continues to try to spin this story into an opportunity to beg Congress for more authority and more taxpayer dollars by claiming that if they had enough money and authority, situations like this would not occur.
Dudley Brown and NAGR members call for hearings
National Association for Gun Rights? Executive Director Dudley Brown and thousands of NAGR members have called on their members of Congress to hold hearings and hold the ATF accountable for this outrageous scandal that has led to the death of a U.S. law enforcement officer and is a threat to U.S. border security.
If the ATF is successful in their efforts to cloud the detail of the story, it will assuredly result in tighter regulation on the gun market ? as if it were not over-burdened with needless red tape already ? and a more heavily funded organization that has already proven they will ignore the law to advance their anti-gun agenda. The anti-gun bureaucrats responsible for this scandal have shown a willful disregard for the law, and for the safety of American citizens.
To keep up to date with the latest news on the ?Project Gunwalker? scandal, log on to www.NationalGunRights.org and sign up for Gun Rights e-mail alerts.
