We’re talking operation Fast and Furious, the ill conceived (to put it mildly) gun running program sponsored by our very own government to supposedly expose the entire gun smuggling operation.
But now the casualties are coming in.
Mexican officials estimate 150 of their people have been shot by Fast and Furious guns. Police have recovered roughly 700 guns at crime scenes, 250 in the U.S. and the rest in Mexico, including five AK-47s found at a cartel warehouse in Juarez last month.
A high-powered sniper rifle was used to shoot down a Mexican military helicopter. Two other Romanian-made AK-47s were found in a shoot-out that left 11 dead in the state of Jalisco three weeks ago.
The guns were traced to the Lone Wolf Gun Store in Glendale, Ariz., and were sold only after the store employees were told to do so by the ATF.
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This is beyond sickening and pathetic. Budget cutting, I know where to look first. As punishment perhaps ATF management should become “boots on the ground” in protecting our border. On 2nd thought, they would turn and run anyway. Perhaps a one way ticket to Northern Mexico is in order.
