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Among the more curious aspects of Eric Holder’s standoff with Congress over Fast and Furious, a gun-walking operation conducted between 2009 and 2011, is the air of conspiracy theorizing that hangs about it. Especially curious is that some of the most paranoid theorizing finds its source not in far-off Internet chat rooms, but in a well-appointed office building in northern Virginia—the headquarters of the National Rifle Association, the country’s biggest firearm lobbying organization.
In June, the NRA’s Executive Vice President, Wayne LaPierre, posted a letter on the organization’s website accusing Obama of crafting a “grand strategy to use Mexican drug cartel crime as an excuse to advance their gun control agenda, shut down law-abiding gun stores and rip the Second Amendment right out of our Bill of Rights.” LaPierre even implied that the death of Brian Terry, the Border Patrol agent killed along the border in Dec. 2010, was a byproduct of Obama’s hidden anti-gun agenda, telling The New York Times, “There is a belief among a lot of people—and I believe it too—…that the Justice Department facilitated a crime to further their gun control political agenda.”
Is it not possible that Eric Holder and gang could be guilty of treason?
Consider that we are in two wars... one against drugs, and one against terrorism, well that's exactly what these Cartels are all about!
Some have suggested that the 'end game' of such activities was to incite further violence by these Cartels. In hopes that they would use these assault rifles, and the news of such would be used to take shots at the 2nd Amendment! The very same Amendment that is necessary for the US citizens to protect themselves from the very same type of actions the current Administration is partaking in!
There's much more to be said about this, but I'd rather not rant on about it... if there is anybody willing to take on this topic and discuss it further I would be happy to!
You can't provide arms to the enemy, especially one that is known for corrupting governments, committing acts of terror... in aims of destroying or dissolving Amendments of the Constitution that are there to protect ourselves from a Government that is progressively becoming a safe house for a tyrant!
The Media Covers Up “Fast and Furious”
06/25/2012
Have you ever seen anything like the spin we've seen from the politicians and media figures who can't bear to see the truth come out about "Operation Fast and Furious"? I was on CNN with Soledad O'Brien last week, and instead of acknowledging that Attorney General Eric Holder has failed to comply with a congressional subpoena issued more than six months ago, she insisted the only reason I care about "Fast and Furious" is because Eric Holder and I "disagree" on gun control.
It's sickening. Respected journalists are now towing the party line rather than reporting the truth about the government program that put thousands of guns in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. And rather than seek answers from the administration, they're falling over themselves to offer up excuses.
Congress will likely vote this week to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with that subpoena. But every viewer of our elitist media should hold most of these organizations in contempt along with the attorney general. Only a few brave voices out there are providing solid reporting on this scandal, and too many journalists are engaging in a scandalous cover-up of their own when it comes to getting the truth about "Fast and Furious" in front of the American people.
Originally posted by phroziac
Have you not been paying attention to all this for the last year or so? What the nra says is exactly what they were trying to do. They even made a new batfe policy that ffls selling multiple long guns to one person had to report it to the batfe in bordering states right after this started coming out....