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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: tombogan03884 on July 06, 2013, 07:16:25 PM
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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/05/the-scandal-that-keeps-on-giving-police-chief-murdered-with-rifle-lost-in-operation-fast-and-furious/
Yet another gun lost in the ATF’s disastrous federal gun-walking operation known as “Fast and Furious” has reportedly been used in a murder.
A high-powered rifle from Fast and Furious was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco earlier this year, according to internal Department of Justice records. The new revelation suggests “that weapons from the failed gun-tracking operation have now made it into the hands of violent drug cartels deep inside Mexico,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
More from the LA Times:
Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga, the police chief in the city of Hostotipaquillo, was shot to death Jan. 29 when gunmen intercepted his patrol car and opened fire. Also killed was one of his bodyguards. His wife and a second bodyguard were wounded.
Local authorities said eight suspects in their 20s and 30s were arrested after police seized them nearby with a cache of weapons — rifles, grenades, handguns, helmets, bulletproof vests, uniforms and special communications equipment. The area is a hot zone for rival drug gangs, with members of three cartels fighting over turf in the region.
A semi-automatic WASR rifle, the firearm that killed the chief, was traced back to the Lone Wolf Trading Company, a gun store in Glendale, Ariz. The notation on the Department of Justice trace records said the WASR was used in a “HOMICIDE – WILLFUL – KILL –PUB OFF –GUN” –ATF code for “Homicide, Willful Killing of a Public Official, Gun.”
The ATF allowed hundreds of guns to walk across the border into Mexico with supposed intentions of tracking them to Mexican cartel leaders.
The ATF declined to discuss the murder of the Mexican police chief. Officials told the LA Times that they are still creating an inventory of all the lost firearms for a complete account of the Fast and Furious operation. The operation was started in 2008.
At least 211 people have been killed or wounded by Fast and Furious guns, according to Mexican authorities. This, of course, includes slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, who was gunned down by Mexican traffickers in 2010.
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What a devastating blow to the 2A all these deaths in Mexico and the US would have caused had the plan not been revealed in time.
It still doesn't seem likely that anything will come home to roost for the perpetrators of this shameful act of a government betraying the Constitution upon which it's country was founded and it's people.
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What a pessamist.
Don't you have any faith in the integrity of Eric Holder's DoJ ?
Me neither.
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UHM.... Ditto
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You can't have faith in something they don't have . >:(
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I sent the current resident who occupies the White House an email regarding their "Fast & Furious" mistake and how their mistake has claimed another victim and when they are going hold those responsible accountable for breaking Fed. Firearms laws and getting more folks killed with the guns they let "walk"?
Because they would lock us up to be made an example for doing what they did ie: straw purchases, gun running into a foreign country. I also questioned the current administrations claim of being the most transparent and open in history. This is the 2nd or 3rd time they have responded but this one came within 2 days not weeks or months like their other responses.
I think I hear a Blackhawk flying over or a low flying drone, sh*t NSA has taken over my computer.
This is the rapid response I received,
The White House, Washington
Dear Charles:
Thank you for taking the time to offer your comments. When we make important decisions as a country, it necessarily leads to passionate debate. These debates are a mark of our liberty, and I appreciate hearing diverse opinions from people across our Nation.
Despite our differences, most of us share common hopes for America’s future—opportunity for our children, security for our seniors, and the broad-based prosperity that stems from a rising, thriving middle class. While we may disagree on how to get there, I remain committed to forging reasonable compromise where we can. Together, we can strengthen our Union, safeguard our liberties, and restore the basic bargain at the heart of the American dream—the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead.
Thank you, again, for writing. To learn more about my Administration or to contact me in the future, please visit www.WhiteHouse.gov.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama
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Frosty, Odamna is giving it all the care and concern he thinks it deserves.
The most transparent administration, ever...
I weep for my nation.
Crusader Rabbit