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That was the stated objective, but ATF emails showed another motive, which was to use cases created by gunwalking in order to justify new gun control regulation
by mannerheim 4y ago
That was the stated objective, but ATF emails showed another motive, which was to use cases created by gunwalking in order to justify new gun control regulation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/documents-atf-used-fast-and-furious-to-make-the-case-for-gun-regulations/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/documents-atf-used-fast-and-fur...
- rdtsc 4y agoSo they encouraged the sale of 2000 dangerous weapons (https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/atf_investigation_01_111207.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/atf_investigation_01_1112...), which were then used in hundreds of crime scenes, didn’t make any major arrests, then turned around and said “Look how terrible these weapons are. Someone needs to restrict their use”. That’s pretty damning…
- ASalazarMX 4y agoI guess the cartels are really just good Samaritans trying to encourage USA to legislate better drug laws. It's not a crime if your intentions are good!