Back into Blogging: Furiouser and Furiouser



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It's time to get into blogging again, so let's start with something close to home--my home, Texas.

Such as the so-called "Fast and Furious" federal initiative, which has greatly affected border states.

A brief review:

Brian Terry, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, was shot in 2010 by rifles found to have been sold to Mexican thugs in an operation (run by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Department of Justice) called Project Gunrunner, or "Fast and Furious".

"Fast and Furious" guns have also been implicated in the death of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata.

"Fast and Furious" consisted of selling assault guns to known intermediates who would in turn sell these weapons to Mexican drug cartels.  In fact, these guns were sold over the objection of Americans who ran legally-operated gun shops.  (You SHOULD read this article here.)

The purpose? Well, this operations was begun in 2005 under President Bush as a BATFE endeavor to stop illegal gun trafficking across the Mexican border.  It was to work with the Mexican government by monitoring undercover gun sales.

Under President Obama's administration, the gunwalking operation (then known as "Project Gunrunner") continued to expand rapidly, despite warnings that the tracking methods just weren't working well.  Guns were finding their way into the hands of Mexican narco-terrorists without being tracked OR intercepted.

The BATFE has lost track of over 1,400 assault weapons in Project Gunrunner, if you're interested in exactly how negligent they've been.

The Obama administration also greatly increased Project Gunrunner's (aka Fast and Furious) budget, giving it $10 million dollars in Stimulus Money.  Hard to believe, but true.

So how is Mexico reacting to all this?  Not well.  Especially since Mexico hadn't been informed of the project.

And even more especially since the lost guns are turning up in crimes committed in Mexico, including murders and kidnappings. 

Some Mexican officials are not at all happy; some are now demanding the extradition of BAFTE and DOJ officials who are involved in Fast and Furious.

So, exactly who in the BATFE and DOJ ARE involved?  Tune in next time.........