I don't get what the big deal is. People kill people, not guns. So what difference does it make where the gun came from, or whether it was an "illegal" gun? (I don't recall the 2nd Amendment labeling any firearms illegal....) The important thing is to make sure that law-abiding citizens have the right to bear arms to protect themselves, because the bad guys, like Mexican drug cartels, will always find a way to buy guns. Right?
Furthermore, the right to bear arms is a God-given right, not a government-given right, therefore God gave Mexicans the same right to buy firearms as Americans. Therefore, restricting the trade of guns across our borders is tantamount to "shaking our fist at God," to quote Franklin Graham and Sarah Palin. Right?
Indeed, if Mexicans want to buy our firearms Made in the USA then God bless them! That's free trade and export-fueld U.S. economic growth! The Obama Administration should be encouraging them to buy our guns -- all our guns, big and small.
And the fact that jack-booted ATF thugs were doing the encouraging, well, that's just a miracle. No more Wacos or Randy Weavers for them -- they were practically begging people to buy firearms. What progress compared to the wicked Clinton Administration!
Indeed, if Mexicans want to buy our firearms Made in the USA then God bless them! That's free trade and export-fueld U.S. economic growth! The Obama Administration should be encouraging them to buy our guns -- all our guns, big and small.
And the fact that jack-booted ATF thugs were doing the encouraging, well, that's just a miracle. No more Wacos or Randy Weavers for them -- they were practically begging people to buy firearms. What progress compared to the wicked Clinton Administration!
(Drugs, on the other hand, are still bad, m'kay.)
So why is the GOP so up in arms over free trade and people buying firearms?
(It's too bad that the Good Lord didn't create human physiology 6,000 years ago in such a way that we would lose the power to speak or even function when suffering from irreconcilable cognitive dissonance; then Republicans would be catatonic and harmless most of the time.)
The agency's top man in Washington is among those accused of missteps and 'reckless strategy' in the Fast and Furious operation.
By Richard A. Serrano
July 30, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
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