

President ObamaĬlaimed executive privilege and refused to release detailed records of the Sitting Attorney General being held in contempt of congress. Provide supporting documents resulted in the first incidence in our nation’s history of a Eric Holder’s refusal to cooperate with congressional investigators resulted in his being held in contempt of Congress. General Holder and President Obama denied any knowledge of Fast and Furiousīefore Agent Terry was killed and the scandal broke. The sundry sordid details areīeyond the purview of this article, but they are adequate to make you ill. Then recanted when presented with the facts. Attorney General Eric Holder initially denied accusations of gun-walking until he was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of the practice. The problem is that little to no effort was made to actuallyįollow the guns once they were sold. To pass into the hands of criminals so they could catch the higher-level The Department of Justice was that the BATF intentionally allowed these weapons This is frequently a relative or girlfriend of a criminal. The US government allowed thousands of guns to flow into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. To report any buyer who seems suspicious so that BATF agents can investigate.


Of information you must supply to purchase a gun. Someone who would otherwise not be legally permitted to possess it.Īpprehending straw buyers can seem relatively straightforward given the volume Fast and Furious A nationwide BATF ad campaign makes straw buying of firearms seem like a pretty big deal.įirearm from a gun dealer with the intent of transferring that weapon to Under President Barack Obama that gave him the tools. However, it was a partisan, inept, and politically weaponized US Government Member shot Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry that December night in 2010. Knowingly sold to criminals, were never actually tracked. The US government knowingly fed thousands of weapons directly to Mexican drug cartels while simultaneously telling us the nation was in dire need of stricter gun control laws. Intent was to allow straw buyers to purchase firearms and then track them untilīATF agents could apprehend high-level arms dealers. Glendale, Arizona, gun shop as part of Operation Fast and Furious. The stated mission of Operation Fast and Furious was to apprehend senior-level gun traffickers for Mexican drug cartels.
