Eric Holder – The Audacity of Contempt
This week numerous outlets reported that lawmakers including Rep Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) could hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt! This is the most outrageous turn of events – and not that the lawmakers might try this, but rather that the Eric Holder as the highest Justice Department official could actually be held in contempt!
Does this guy think he is above the laws he’s suppose to protect?
The Los Angeles Times actually has offered even coverage on this:
Reporting from Washington—House Republicans threatened Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. with a criminal contempt of Congress citation Thursday, alleging the Justice Department has refused for a year to turn over key documents in lawmakers’ investigation of the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.
What remains shocking is not the circus that this has become, but rather that the mainstream media – with a few exceptions such as the LA Times – has sat on this story. Who needs a cover-up when the media doesn’t even try to uncover the facts?
NRA News: Rep. Trey Gowdy on Attorney General Holder’s Fast and Furious Testimony
Cam Edwards and Ginny Simone talk to Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) about Attorney General’s testimony about Operation Fast and Furious in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
NRA News: Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle on Attorney General Holder’s Fast and Furious Testimony
Ginny Simone talks to Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY) about Attorney General’s testimony about Operation Fast and Furious in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
AP and WaPo See End of “One-Gun-A-Month” as Opening Haven for Gun Runners
Review the Second Amendment of the Constitution and it says nothing along the lines of “The Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Buy Just One Gun A Month,” and yet that law has been on the books in Virginia for a while. Now that it is on the verge of being repealed, The Associated Press via The Washington Post noted this week:
A law Virginia passed a generation ago to end the states’ reputation as a haven for gun runners is on the verge of being repealed.
The story later offered this passage:
The bills to abolish the one-handgun-per-month law would end one of the legacy laws of former Gov. Doug Wilder. The Democratic governor pushed for it after Virginia became a prime supplier of guns used in crimes in major East Coast cities.
What isn’t noted is whether this was ever actually proven to be true, or did the story note that gun crime had not fallen as a result of the one-gun-per-month restriction, which only seemed to effect law-abiding citizens in Virginia –but of course those are facts that get in the way of anti-gun bias in reporting.
Brian Terry’s Family Alleges Fast and Furious Lies
This week our hearts really go out to the family of Brian Terry, the border control agent who was shot with a gun from the ATF’s Fast and Furious debacle, as The Los Angeles Times noted “Slain border agent’s family alleges lies over ATF gun program.” The paper reported:
The Terry family alleged that then-U.S. Atty. Dennis K. Burke told them last March that the two weapons came from a store in Texas and were not part of Fast and Furious.
This is just the latest twist we’re hearing, and suggests more of a cover up. Why would the ATF need to lie… unless every part of this debacle was already being covered up?
The article closes:
In fact, the notice says, “(then-U.S. Atty. Dennis K.) Burke actually knew within hours of Brian’s murder that they were purchased from a Phoenix gun shop under ATF surveillance the previous January” — a fact borne out by Burke’s emails.
We just ask again, why isn’t this story leading the nightly news? Where is the mainstream media outrage?
NRA News: Arizona Lawmaker Proposes New Version of Bill to Allow Guns on College, University Campuses
Cam Edwards talks to State Sen. Ron Gould (R-AZ) - NRA News
Holder in the Hot Seat – Blames Lack of Gun Control
So let’s get this straight, ATF ran an operation that saw a border control agent killed, and thousands of guns were let to walk to Mexico. And how does the Attorney General see it? It is a fault of lack of gun control in the United States, reports The Washington Examiner:
“ATF’s ability to stem the flow of guns from the United States into Mexico suffers from a lack of effective enforcement tools,” Holder told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today. “Unfortunately, in 2011, a majority of House Members – including all members of the majority on this Committee – voted to keep law enforcement in the dark when individuals purchase multiple semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and long guns – like AK-47s – in gun shops in four southwest-border states.”
No one this guy won’t step down, he seems to actually believe the things that come out of his mouth!
NJ Assembly Committee Puts Hold on Ammo Ban Legislation
NRA – ILA:
Thanks to the overwhelming number of phone calls and e-mails from dedicated NRA members, the New Jersey Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee decided to hold Assembly Bill 588 for further study.
While this fight is not over, this is a big win for gun owners in the Garden State. During Monday’s hearing, Assembly Bill 1013 passed in the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee with amendments that attempt to address gun owner concerns and has been referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee where further amendments may occur.
Law-abiding gun owners can breathe a sigh of relief due to A588 being held for further study by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee. Sponsored by Assemblyman L. Grace Spencer (D-29), A588 has been confused for police safety legislation aimed at armor-piercing ammunition (which is already prohibited under federal and state law). Read more
GOP Says DOJ Knew About Fast and Furious
And so it begins a game of who said what, who knew what and lots of finger pointing. This week FoxNews reported, “GOP Report: Justice officials were on top of Fast and Furious,” noting:
Top Department of Justice officials had extensive knowledge of and involvement in Operation Fast and Furious, claims a new report released Thursday, hours before Attorney General Eric Holder’s scheduled testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
This of course comes following last week’s Democratic report that says DOJ was in the dark, and tried to “blame Bush” for the gunrunning debacle.
This is a story that we will of course continue to follow.
FoxNews: Holder says no one punished ‘yet’ during testimony on controversial ‘Fast and Furious’ operation
Today Eric Holder is in the hot seat, and so far what we’ve heard is that “no one has been punished ‘yet’” reports FoxNews:
No one has been punished “yet,” Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday in a contentious hearing on the role of the Justice Department in “Operation Fast and Furious,” about which Holder insisted once more he only heard about in the winter of 2011.
But let’s ask the question why not? Holder claimed he didn’t know, but he’s known for more than a year now. So why hasn’t someone been punished?
We will be following this developing story very closely.
