Fast & Furious is a NRA Conspiracy

[kpete]

Fast & Furious is a NRA Conspiracy
by BooMan
Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 at 09:49:09 AM EST


............. the NRA is telling people that the president has a secret plan to confiscate their guns and actually informed Congress that they will be "scoring" the contempt vote for Eric Holder, as if you couldn't be a supporter of gun rights if you don't think the Attorney General should be held in contempt for failing to turn over irrelevant emails and meeting minutes.

Probably the most startling thing about the Fast and Furious conspiracy theory is that the program was initiated by the Bush administration. That single fact undermines the whole theory that the Obama administration initiated the program for any nefarious purpose. They didn't initiate it.

In fact, they didn't even know about it. The whole contempt case rests on the idea that Eric Holder initiated a damage-control strategy after he realized that he'd been lied to by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, which resulted in the DOJ giving erroneous information to congressional oversight committees. The Republicans are demanding to see the internal deliberations the DOJ went through after they discovered they'd unintentionally misled Congress. But that has nothing to do with taking anyone's guns away or any foreknowledge of the program.

Basically, what we're witnessing is just a way for the NRA to stay relevant in an era where gun control efforts are dead. That's it. And it's further proof that the NRA is acting as more of a wing of the GOP than as an advocate for responsible gun ownership.

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the rest:
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/6/23/9499/46443

[Willbill]

1. Fast and Furious an NRA conspiracy?

Fast and Furious an NRA conspiracy?

Tell that to the BATFE Agents that exposed this scandal. Try telling that to the relatives of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

“Probably the most startling thing about the Fast and Furious conspiracy theory is that the program was initiated by the Bush administration. That single fact undermines the whole theory that the Obama administration initiated the program for any nefarious purpose. They didn't initiate it.”

This is false!
The program under Bush Administration was called “Wide Receiver,” and it was carried out cooperation with Mexican Authorities. The BATFE was able to trace firearms to the drug curtails, and that resulted in a number of prosecutions. The program was abandoned in 2007 when it was found that the gunrunners had discovered how to avoid the tracking.
By contrast, F&F was not done in cooperation with Mexican Authorities, and they were unable to trace any of the firearms to the drug curtails, and there were no prosecutions. Yet, the Obama Administration continued the program. Yes, the Obama Administration initiated a program that was certain to fail.
This is increasing sounding just like the Watergate cover-up. The difference is that no one was killed as a result of Watergate, and during Watergate Republicans lead by Howard Baker did the right thing. They exposed the scandal and ousted Nixon from office. In the case of F&F, the Democrats in Congress are taking part in the cover up. Shame on the Democratic Party.

[abelenkpe]

2. You need to use Obamacare while you still have it

Please seek mental help asap for your delusions.

[Hugabear]

3. Not a good idea to use your 1st post to parrot right-wing propaganda

Enjoy your stay on DU

[spanone]

4. hogwash

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[They_Live]

5. Link???

Oh, started under Bush/Psycho admin; need we say more?

[Bolo Boffin]

6. "Try telling that to the relatives of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry."

The way that the right is exploiting these people's grief is atrocious.