Gun Trafficking

Holder, Fast and Furious, and the Double Standard

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Operation Fast and Furious, Darrell Issa, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Eric Holder, Mexico, Fast and Furious, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Gun Walking, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News

Attorney General Eric Holder has been the subject of vicious partisan personal attacks on his integrity over the failed "gun walking" operation, "Fast and Furious." The hypocrisy of the double standard by congressional Republicans is obvious.

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Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right for Issa

Josh Horwitz | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Second Amendment, Operation Wide Receiver, National Rifle Association, Ted Nugent, Chuck Grassley, Darrell Issa, Gun Trafficking, Gun Rights, Gun Control, Fast and Furious, Illegal Guns, Barack Obama, Politics News

Why would a man in charge of an ostensibly independent, on-going investigation into the Obama administration appear before a special interest group that is openly hostile to our president and engage in a scathing attack on him, his attorney general and the Department of Justice?

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Mexico Sends Message to the United States: No More Weapons!

Lisa Haugaard | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Operation Fast and Furious, Human Rights, Mexico Drug War, Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Javier Sicilia, Mexico Drug Cartels, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Felipe Calderon, Ciudad Juarez, World News

Just a few steps south of the U.S.-Mexico border, President Calderón unveiled a towering billboard last week wielding a message written in plain English.

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Calderon's Billboard of Crime Guns, and What It Means

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Brady Campaign, President Obama, Gun Control, Nra, National Rifle Association, Felipe Calderon, Fast and Furious, One Handgun a Month" Law, Virginia Guns, Gun Trafficking, Gun Trafficking Mexico, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Politics News

The solution to gun trafficking to Mexico is also the solution to gun trafficking within the U.S.: stronger federal gun laws.

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Attorney General Holder Denies Fast and Furious Cover-Up

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Operation Fast and Furious, Darrell Issa, Gun Trafficking, Fast and Furious, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Eric Holder, Crime News

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder denied the Justice Department was impeding a Republican probe into Operation Fast and Furious, the botched gun-traff...

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First Convictions From Fast And Furious Gun Probe

AP | By JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 01.24.2012

PHOENIX -- Two men pleaded guilty to buying guns that were destined to be smuggled into Mexico, the first convictions in the federal government's botc...

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Holder Speaking On 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 02.07.2012

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers told Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday to fire some Justice Department subordinates over the flawed arm...

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5 NYPD Officers Arrested In Gun Sting

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Video, Nypd, New York Crime, Nypd Gun Sting, Nypd Officers Arrested, Ny News, Gun Trafficking, New York News, NY Crime, Nypd Scandals, New York News

NEW YORK — Five New York Police Department officers smuggled firearms and slot machines they thought were stolen and some even used bolt cutters...

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Justice Department Investigation Bush Program Similar To 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.14.2011

WASHINGTON — A second Bush administration gun-trafficking investigation has surfaced using the same controversial tactic for which congressional...

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Did Attorney General Holder Lie to Congress?

Adam Winkler | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Gun Trafficking, Eric Holder, Gun Violence, Gun Policy, Gun Laws, Gun Trade, Eric Holder Investigation, Issa Eric Holder, Gun, Eric Holder Guns, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Issa Investigation, Eric Holder Perjury, Politics News

The Republicans in Congress have set their sights on Holder in what is likely to turn out to be the first major scandal of the Obama administration.

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Darrell Issa Still Investigating Controversial ATF Gun Trafficking Operation

AP | By PETE YOST | Posted 10.31.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department replaced three officials Tuesday who played critical roles in a flawed law enforcement operation aimed at major g...

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Inside The ATF's Controversial Gun Trafficking Operation

AP | By PAULINE ARRILLAGA | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Gun Laws, Atf Fast and Furious, Operation Fast and Furious, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Mexico Drug War, Kenneth Melson, U.S.-Mexico Border, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Fast and Furious, u.s. Mexio Border Security, Mexico Drug Violence, Politics News

PHOENIX -- Ten days before Christmas, ATF agent John Dodson awoke, got his morning coffee, switched on the TV news – and heard the words he had ...

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'Fast and Furious' Weapons Scandal Fuels Immigration Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Mexican Drug Cartels, Immigration Reform, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Mexico Drug War, "Fast and Furious", Illegal Immigration, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Immigration, Guns, Politics News

A scandal involving the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms entered its latest phase on Tuesday when officials from the bureau testified at a cong...

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'A Perfect Storm Of Idiocy': ATF Agents Slam Gun-Trafficking Operation

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Drug Cartels, Mexico Drug War, Carlos Canino, Darrell Issa, Gun Trafficking, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Gun Control, Mexico, Mexican Drug Cartels, Operation Fast and Furious, Phoenix, Atf, House Oversight Committee, William Newell, Borders, Fast and Furious, Politics News

A botched gun-trafficking investigation that allowed suspected criminals to purchase roughly 2,000 firearms -- many which later crossed the border int...

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WATCH: U.S. Guns From Controversial ATF Operation Found At Mexican Crime Scenes

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Operation Fast and Furious, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Kenneth Melson, Darrell Issa, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Mexico, Mexico Drug Violence, Darrell Issa Atf, Video, Politics News

By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in M...

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ATF Chief Under Fire From GOP: We Made A Mistake

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Operation Fast and Furious, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Kenneth Melson, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Kenneth Melson Atf, Mexico Drug Violence, Guns, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says that in at least one instance during a now-controversial g...

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Watch: Fast And Furious Gun Operation Under Scrutiny

Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Operation Fast and Furious, Video, Law Enforcement, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Sting Operations, Florida, Guns, Politics News

Operation Fast And Furious was a government illegal gun-trafficking sting operation that ended up putting guns in the hands of criminals. Now some...

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Leaving Brady, But Not the Fight to Prevent Gun Violence

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.07.2011

My tenure with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence will be ending, but I will remain engaged in the movement to reduce gun violence in America. For me, working for a safer America is more than just a job.

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Obama and Guns: The End of Appeasement?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Mexican Drug Cartels, National Rifle Association, Andrew-Traver, Atf, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Justice Department, Nra, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Politics News

For two years, the guiding principle of the administration's approach to gun violence has boiled down to, "Don't rile up the gun guys!" But for the first time since taking office, the president seems ready to do the right thing on guns.

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Guns to Mexico: NRA Mythology Cannot Survive the Facts

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ar-15, Gun Show Loophole, Gun Violence, Mexican Drug Cartels, National Rifle Association, Gun Shows, Assault Weapons, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Nra, Ak-47, Politics News

Why do Mexican drug cartels have to resort to U.S. gun shops? The answer is plain: because Mexico's strong gun laws are effective.

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Report: Weak Laws Turn a Handful of States Into Shopping Malls for Gun Traffickers

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trace Data, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Illegal Guns, Guns, Atf, Gun Show Loophole, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Politics News

Every year, 12,000 people are murdered with guns in the United States. If one state ignores a gap in its laws, other states have to deal with the deadly consequences.

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20,000 American Guns Trafficked to Mexican Criminals

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeland Security, Eliot Engel, Assault Weapons, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Joe Biden, Guns, Illegal Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Gao, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News

With 20,000 illegal guns from America recovered at crime scenes in Mexico over the last five years, there is no excuse for Congress and the President not to take steps now to close the gun show loophole.

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90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Come From U.S., Says GAO

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Border Violence, National Rifle Association, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Violence Policy Center, Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border, Gun Trafficking, Gao, Calderon, Vpc, Mexico Violence, BORDER ISSUES, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Government Accountability Office, World News

So much for NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's oft-repeated claim that Mexican gun traffickers don't bother to "trifle with paperwork at U.S. gun stores."

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