The S is about to HTF : Operation Fast and Furious

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...-reveal-depth/

[Colorado Luckydog]

This will be very interesteg. No matter what happens, it will be the American gun owners that take it right in the butt. You mark my word on that.

[clublights]

You know what will come of this ???

NOTHING... absolutely nothing.

Someone up in the food chain at the ATF.. close to retirement anyways will fall on the sword.... they will get fired.. a few others will get bad marks in their jackets.. but it won't hurt their careers.....

the media will be satisfied and it will all just " go away"

[jerrymrc]

This will be very interesteg. No matter what happens, it will be the American gun owners that take it right in the butt. You mark my word on that.

I actually think it may our cause once all the dirty secrets come out. One of there talking arguments just went out the window. There claim they like to use about all the US guns in Mexico that come from the US is now a little more believable but please ask the state dept what they are doing to get the guns THEY sent there back.

Almost any 2nd argument or any gun control argument will now include the disclaimer that if the state dept and the DEA think it is OK then why are ya bugging me about it.

Except for a couple of the usual suspects I do not see anything new for some time.

Just my 2 cents on it.

[sneakerd]

Unbelievable, but so like the inept gov't entity that sponsored the op.

[trlcavscout]

It will help get another awb passed. They will argue that if they weren't availabe it wouldn't have happened.

[Ronin13]

I don't want to sound like the broken record player here, but if legislation gets passed, it only serves to take away guns from those who would NOT use them for illegal purposes. Criminals will get their hands on guns no matter what, legal or not.
As far as the Op goes, chalk this up as another huge failure in our "War on Drugs." If they just take the leash of a really big angry dog- ie go for harder and less kid gloves tactics- and crack down a bit more on the drug trade (my advice- shoot armed people illegally crossing the border, they do it every day and it feels like nothing is being done, even if they are armed Mexican military). This is a one sided war, the cartels bring in untold TRILLIONS every year (probably more) and we've got a budget of what, a few hundred million, if not a few billion. They have unlimited funds and we're trying to clamp down? It's a failure to begin with and the guns, people, and drugs are going to continue to pass between the border unless the US Gov't can step it up and tighten the grip a little more, but that is doubtful with the current feeble and inept administration.

[sneakerd]

Hey Ronin, was there actually a Katie Couric interview such as one in your postings? I would have loved to see her face.

[Ronin13]

Not sure about a Couric interview but I saw a doc on the National Geographic channel that talked about how only 10-20% of the drugs that cross the border ever month are seized... If Katie could interview one of the DEA agents that work the Eastern AZ sector and see how much actually slips through she'd probably s*** herself.

[sneakerd]

I'm talking about the "recoil" statement at the bottom of each of your postings.