re: #40 Mich-again

Does it change the outcome of the ATF gunwalking scandal all that much knowing that the ATF supplied those weapons to the gun dealers?

Suppose, the ATF gunwalking programs had never come along. Is it the contention of the House GOP that the drug cartels would have had to resort to throwing rocks or using sling shots instead?

A lot of guns were legally bought at legitimate businesses by legal buyers and then later the guns changed hands via illegal sales and then those guns were used to kill people and spread mayhem. So the ATF gunwalking programs were pretty much just like what happens every day in most cities in the USA.

Legal guns end up in the wrong hands and are used in commission of crimes. This is an outrage!

Yes, it does. The basic fact of “Fast and Furious”, whatever else is true, is that the ATF fucked up badly and people got killed because of it. The other thing is that there was not a good batch of firings when the scandal first came to light. The ATF could have reduced the pressure by working to throw out everyone responsible for this debacle, but did not. There needs to be a reckoning for this, and it has no happened yet.

Good Night, all.