First Convictions for Fast and Furious
Two men pleaded guilty to buying guns that were destined to be smuggled into Mexico, the first convictions in the federal government’s botched Operation Fast and Furious.
The men were so-called “straw buyers” who acknowledged purchasing guns that they knew were headed to Mexican drug gangs.
The goal of the federal government’s investigation was to catch weapons-trafficking kingpins, but firearms agents lost track of many weapons they were trying to trace to smuggling ringleaders, and some guns ended up at crime scenes in Mexico and the U.S.
That last bit is a lie, as there was never an attempt to track or follow the guns, just get them into the hands of Cartel Soldiers where they would be discovered by Mexican Officials and reported to the US about guns flowing across the border. These reports were used to pushing the Multiple Long Gun reporting laws as well as an attempt to renew the federal Assault Weapons ban.
The designs for this program were nothing short of sinister, and there are many more who will receive prison time…and I have little doubt that many people who deserve to go to prison will escape prosecution because of political connections.
Burn the whole thing down.
The only thing “botched” about F&F was that we found out about it.
And yeah, the ones most responsible will get away with it. Sad, that.