Analyst's note: Absolutely must read. This situation was implemented in the death of one of our sovereign citizens (U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry). Hmmm….. enemies foreign and domestic? Not sure, but this was definitely NOT friendly to our enumerated RIGHTS that exist regardless of the presence of a formal government ... i.e. natural rights given to man by our Creator.
This seems to be the story that just continues to provide. I'm also beginning to note that often when we read of major criminal activity, I often find it associated with Chicago. As an example, we find that Mr. Obama and his administration has significant relationship with a significant number of "Chicago activists" -- some would say terrorists -- to include: the Weather Underground terrorist-group founder Bill Ayers, the New Party, the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), and the Muslim Brotherhood. Yes, the same Muslim Brotherhood who are the greatest Islamist radical lobby ever to penetrate and infiltrate the White House, Congress, the State Department and the main decision making centers of the US government. Could we really have expected less from a "community organizer?" We frequently see suggested ties to our nation's illegal immigration problem.
We can all now see: "Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation "Fast and Furious" to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales." We are also now aware of an alleged money-laundering operation run by the DEA.
The “detachable magazine” and .22 caliber criteria would make the ubiquitous Ruger 10/22 and Marlin 795 subject to this reporting. These rifles are so common and inexpensive that this would have long reaching and significant impacts on weapons that are not even considered to be “regulated” such as the popular AR-15 rifle.
In Maryland for instance, the Marlin 795 is currently on sale with a national retailer for $100. The reporting requirement in the affected states would have to report your purchase if you decided to buy a rifle for both your son and daughter. Some how the fact that it:
1. Is a .22 caliber
2. can accept a detachable magazine
3. is inexpensive enough that I can afford more that one at a time
This would make you a member of a drug cartel or something (?)…. Nevermind that in many states the local laws limit you to one firearm purchase per month. Note also that this reporting can also be considered a form or even an introduction to a national gun registry which is the slippery slope to gun confiscation and the loss of our second ammendment right.
I recommend an internal site search on the terms "Fast and Furious".
"An alleged Mexican drug trafficker awaiting trial in a Chicago federal court claims that the notorious Sinaloa cartel received weapons from “Operation Fast and Furious” under an alleged immunity agreement that the U.S. government made with cartel leaders, in exchange for information on rival gangs.
The defendant in a trafficking case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Vicente Jesus Zambada-Niebla, also claims the immunity deal allowed the criminal cartel to “continue to smuggle tons of illicit drugs” into the United States.
[....] Operation Fast and Furious, which began in September 2009, saw the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives supervise the sale of guns to straw purchasers with the intent of tracing the guns to Mexican drug trafficking organizations and prosecuting their members. The ATF allowed about 2,000 guns to be sold in this manner.
The operation came under congressional scrutiny after it was linked to the December 2010 murder of at the hands of Mexican bandits.
An investigative report, spearheaded by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), found that most of the weapons provided to Mexican criminals under the operation were going to the Sinaloa cartel, arguably one of the world’s largest drug trafficking organizations.
[....] According to court documents, Zambada-Niebla claims that the immunity deal provided the cartel’s leadership with “carte blanche to continue to smuggle tons of illicit drugs into Chicago and the rest of the United States” in exchange for information on rival drug cartels.
U.S. prosecutors deny the existence of such an immunity deal between the U.S. government and the cartel.
Nevertheless, the U.S. government last September filed a motion to invoke the Classified Information Procedures Act, which is aimed at assuring that national security information stemming from criminal cases – such as details associated with CIA operations – are not leaked to the public during court proceedings.
[....] The defendant’s pleading highlighted a July 2011 letter sent by Issa and Grassley to Attorney General Eric Holder, “suggesting that multiple United States agencies were employing as informants members of Mexican drug organizations.”
“The evidence seems to indicate that the Justice Department not only allowed criminals to smuggle weapons, but that tax payers’ dollars in the form of informant payments, may have financed those engaging in such activities,” the pleading added."
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Congress Launches Probe of Alleged DEA Laundering Operation in Mexico
NRA President David Keene on Eric Holder's Fast and Furious Testimony
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