LA Times Photo Brings Up More Questions in Fast and Furious
Are these Fast and Furious guns or military hardware?
This week The Los Angeles Times is reporting that “Mexican officials have arrested a reputed enforcer for the country’s most powerful drug cartel – a man also alleged to have amassed weapons from the U.S. government’s failed Fast and Furious gun-smuggling operation.”
But let’s take a look at that photo that accompanied the story. While those could be semi-automatic AK-47s, as in the commercially available model, it is fascinating that there appears to be a grenade launcher on the far right and a .30 caliber machine gun in the center. These aren’t the usual items you find at any gun shop!
Chris Cox on The Daily Caller: Holders tells Congress the Obama administration wants to ban guns
Chris Cox, Executive Director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action issued strong words in an op-ed for The Daily Caller this week – and we expect a reputable any minute now from the anti-gun crowd.
For now we say kudos to Mr. Cox for stating his point, which included:
Last Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to answer questions about his role in the deadly “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal. However, instead of answers, Congress got more defiance, more arrogance, and more wasted time with an attorney general who clearly feels no sense of obligation to the American people or our rule of law.
But for all the stonewalling, there was at least one telling moment at this hearing, and it should concern law-abiding gun owners and all Americans who expect accountability from our government.
In a rash attempt to deflect attention away from himself and his own irresponsibility, Holder let Congress know that the Obama administration is still working toward the day when it can reinstate former President Bill Clinton’s so-called “assault weapons” ban. According to Holder:
This administration has consistently favored the reinstitution of the assault weapons ban. It is something that we think was useful in the past with regard to the reduction that we’ve seen in crime, and certainly would have a positive impact on our relationship and the crime situation in Mexico.
Read more: Holder tells Congress the Obama administration wants to ban guns
NRA News: Rep. Darrell Issa on Attorney General Holder’s Fast and Furious Testimony
Ginny Simone talks to Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) about Attorney General’s testimony about Operation Fast and Furious in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
NRA News: Brian Terry’s Mother to Eric Holder: You’re ‘a Joke’ and a ‘Coward’
Cam Edwards talks to Lana Domino, friend of the Terry Family
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
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: In new ‘Fast and Furious’ Report, Democrats Clear Justice Appointees of Wrongdoing
Cam Edwards talks to Howard Nemerov from PJ Media
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!
