Thursday, September 29, 2011

More Fast and Furious

The news coming out of the Fast and Furious scandal continues to grow. The more news we get, the more culpable the highest levels of government appear. Crimes were committed by Federal agents, probably at the behest of elected or appointed officials. Ed Morrissey talks about it over at Hot Air, but a simple Google will get you all the information you need.

The one recurring narrative is that President Obama wanted to pump up the violence in an attempt to re-enact a ban on some firearms. Whether or not he knew any particulars about the operation is hearsay, but we've covered this in the past.

One good thing to be said about Fast and Furious is that the very government of the US has skewed the statistics that the antis will use against us. Any mention of gangbangers, cartels, or criminals having guns can be simply rebutted. Yeah, the government gave them the guns.

UPDATE** I found this article from Forbes when I got home from a football game. Lots of good details, and the author wonders if this might be Obama's Watergate?

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