The unfortunate consequences of this will unfold for years to come. Hands down the most idiotic program ever. The guns supposedly were allowed to walk in the hope of bringing federal agents to cartel leaders. Two problems. First, there was no tracking device on the guns, and they only would be uncovered after their use at crime scenes. Second, high-level leaders aren’t doing a lot of the shooting, and the guns would mostly be in the possession of expendable soldiers who these days often are just idiotic teenagers. The whole so-called premise of the program doesn’t even make sense from its inception.
It does if the end objective was to attack the 2nd Amendment.
No, it doesn’t make sense, if you go that route. But what if the whole plan was to claim that lax gun control laws caused the murders in Mexico and then call for more gun control. It would have worked if we didn’t have whistle blowers in the ATF.
It makes sense. It was discussed here quite a lot.
The sense is that it was to be linked to gun shops and shows in the USA, thereby providing impetus to close down shops and shows and pass strict gun control legislation. It was a trial run that went badly when it was revealed that persons inside the government cooked up the idea from the gitgo.
Look at the article.....Romanian rifles. Holder wanted Romanian rifles bought at gun shops and walked into Mexico where they were to be used to kill people and Americans. What went wrong is someone leaked that it was DOJ’s deal.
F&F was and is all about dismantling the 2nd Amendment.
Haven’t you heard? Bush started this program. Well, that’s the lie that is told everytime the program is mentioned and the liar is never called on it.