DEA accidentally finds guns from ATF "gunwalker"

CBS News ^ | May 19, 2011 | Sharyl Attkisson

[Incorrigible]

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[ComputerGuy]

So the DEA snags some ATF weapons?
Great job, boys. I'm feeling much better.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

It should be crystal clear, to even the most diehard law-and-order-at-any-cost conservative just who’s side law enforcement is now on...

Wake up folks!

[ilovesarah2012]

This is so sickening. Our government is corrupt beyond what I ever imagined.

And if you think this is bad, read up on Operation Northwoods from the 1960s. Imagine what we still don’t know about our own government.

[rockinqsranch]

“Giant garbage cans”!?

[DTogo]

99.99% of citizen gun owners keep better track (and safety) of their guns.

Maybe the ATF can run ObamaCare: "We lost your grandma in the hospital, please call the DEA to find her."

[Joe Brower]

CBS, amazingly enough, continues to run with this story. It's been all over the blogosphere, of course, and Fox has run pieces, but I haven't seen much in the rest of the elite media.

[piytar]

"Some ATF agents and gun shop owners involved objected to the controversial strategy; worried that the "walked" guns would be used to kill innocent people. Supporters hoped the "walked" guns would be used to kill innocent people so they could attack the Second Amendment rights of US citizens it would eventually help ATF gain intelligence to take down a Mexican cartel."

Fixed...

[fantom]

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[pmac]

You are right on the money in my opinion, feels kinda like were getting setup.

[Aroostook25]

Since there are no significant number of AK-47 type “assault rifles” being used by criminals, the anti-gun administration has to supply those rifles AND make sure they are sold to criminals.

Then the administration and their anti-gun comrades in crime point to the number of those AK-47s used by criminals as reason for more gun control.

[cpdiii]

Since there are no significant number of AK-47 type “assault rifles” being used by criminals, the anti-gun administration has to supply those rifles AND make sure they are sold to criminals. Then the administration and their anti-gun comrades in crime point to the number of those AK-47s used by criminals as reason for more gun control.

You are exactly correct. One must realize that if some low level ATF agents had not told the truth in an attempt to stop this, these recent deaths would be blamed on our access to firearms via the second amendment. This whole thing has been a set up job that backfired. This administration and Eric Holder in particular are complicit in Manslaughter.

[Balding_Eagle]

It should be crystal clear, to even the most diehard law-and-order-at-any-cost conservative just who’s side law enforcement is now on...

I think you are right, generally. However, if it hadn't been for some LEO's we would never have found out about this.

[machogirl]

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/05/dea-phoenix-reported-to-have-stumbled.html

ATF “heads” reassigned. Shouldn’t it have been fired?

[Carry_Okie]

Sources say DEA accidentally came upon the guns while stopping suspects in an unrelated case in the Phoenix area on April 13th. When agents stopped at least two suspects, they found two giant garbage cans full of dozens of AK-47 type weapons wrapped in cellophane.

Grassley should blow a gasket. This is LONG after his inquiries began. Gosh, maybe Holder has some purpose in mind other than nabbing gangs. My guess is, he wants to arm them. See tag line.

[ozzymandus]

The “Major shakeup” story highlighted in the post says most of the Phoenix agents involved in Gunwalker have been “reassigned”, mostly to DC (where incompetence is valued).

The comments even include one from an obvious BATF agent whose comment is to the effect of: “We’re not all idiots, and the FBI screws up too”.

[count-your-change]

Why yes, Officer, I found them in the trash and thought, “well, someone just tossed them away’

[Ken H]

So drug war cheerleaders, how's that drug war working out for you?

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

That argument would be more meaningful if it weren’t for the fact this whole thing was caused, created and perpetrated by law enforcement.

There was no crime here until LE created one.