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Dems use 'Fast and Furious' debate to push tighter gun laws

Houston Chronicle - Will Tucker - ‎6 hours ago‎

WASHINGTON — Democrats on Capitol Hill called for tougher gun laws Thursday as a way of cracking down on weapons purchased in the US and trafficked to Mexican drug cartels. The call for restrictions on such purchases came at a forum ...

House Panel Members Joust Over Border Gun Program

New York Times - Sean Collins Walsh - ‎9 hours ago‎

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats on the House oversight committee this week intensified their efforts to shape the narrative surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the border-security strategy that allowed guns to be ...

Democrat: Controversial ATF program shows need for tougher gun laws

CNN International - Terry Frieden, Tom Cohen - ‎12 hours ago‎

By the CNN Wire Staff Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, has released a report on the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious. Washington (CNN) -- A controversial program by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that tried to track illegal ...

"We had asked for a day of hearings and haven't gotten a response yet, so we went ahead and proceeded with our own forum," Cummings said.

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Dem Lawmaker Decries Illegal Firearms in Rival Panel on ATF's 'Fast and ...

Fox News - ‎13 hours ago‎

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, held a forum Thursday on how the illegal flow of guns from America into Mexico undermines ATF's mission. (AP) The free flow of illegal guns through the US ...

Operation Fast and Furious Linked to Death of Mexican Attorney

Forbes (blog) - E.D. Kain - ‎17 hours ago‎

The two guns were subsequently linked to the suspects in the torture and killing of Mario Gonzalez Rodriguez, the brother of Patricia Gonzalez Rodriguez, who was then attorney general of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. ...

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Cummings: ATF gun trafficking probe should consider U.S. laws

Baltimore Sun (blog) - ‎21 hours ago‎

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, in the latest battle with his Republican counterpart on the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday that an investigation into a troubled federal gun trafficking operation should also consider the role US gun laws play in ...

Obama: Holder 'Would Not Have Ordered' Gun-Running Operation

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Evan Perez - ‎Jun 29, 2011‎

President Barack Obama, at his press conference, spoke carefully about an emerging scandal over a federal gun-running probe. President Barack Obama at a news conference Wednesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) But he said Attorney General ...

President promises action against those who authorized Operation Fast and Furious

Houston Chronicle (blog) - ‎Jun 29, 2011‎

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would not comment on the Justice Department's ongoing investigation into the so-called fast and furious gun-running case, but did promise swift action when the case is closed. Obama said “appropriate action ...

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United States

'Fast and Furious' inquiry broadens

Politico - Seung Min Kim - ‎22 hours ago‎

Elijah Cummings released a report saying that gun laws need to be tightened to fight crime. | AP Photo Close By SEUNG MIN KIM | 6/30/11 9:10 AM EDT Updated: 6/30/11 12:24 PM EDT House Democrats are still fuming about when Rep. ...

Gun scheme gives ATF worst taint since Waco

Houston Chronicle - Dan Freedman - ‎Jun 29, 2011‎

WASHINGTON — The tainted "Operation Fast and Furious" has dealt the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms its worst blow since the agency's botched 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco that left four ATF agents dead. ...

Democrat: Weak US laws hurt gun-trafficking fight in Mexico

Washington Post - Sari Horwitz - ‎Jun 29, 2011‎

The ranking Democrat on the House committee investigating the controversial federal gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious accused its Republican chairman on Wednesday of stifling discussion of whether US gun laws have ...