Sean Hannity covers the case.

But Issa accuses ATF of obstructing justice.

Funny how that happens when you give guns to criminals:

ATF guns traced to 12 US crime sites

The walked to Mexico and walked back to the US.

Gunwalker guns linked to 11 more violent crimes.

The press and the anti-gunners (but I repeat myself) are lining up behind ATF over their involvement in smuggling guns into Mexico. The WaPo says they didn’t know what they were talking about.

The NYT does a hit piece on Issa.

USA Today: If the the NRA wasn’t so effective at defending civil rights, the only guns going into Mexico illegally would come from ATF.

Or something. I really am flabbergasted at the notion of blaming the NRA since, by some counts, hundreds of people have been killed with guns allowed to walk by ATF.

USA Today has a response from NRA. I’m actually a fan of the condescending tone. One should not justify ridiculous claims without ridicule.

And admits involvement.

Feds didn’t just allow guns in. They allowed drugs out:

U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court.

Why, it’s like they’re trying to encourage the drug war.

Meanwhile, they canceled Newell as attache to Mexico.

Is the US government arming everybody?

J&G Sales announced they are suing ATF:

As many of you may have heard, the BATFE has sent a demand letter to all the licensed firearms dealers in the four border states of Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Texas. This letter requires these dealers to report to the BATFE the names and addresses and serial numbers of all purchases of more than one semi-automatic rifle, with a detachable magazine, over 22 caliber, within a 5 business day period.

The BATF and Department of Justice has made this demand with no Congressional authorization and therefore, J and G Sales has filed suit in the Washington DC federal court challenging the legitimacy of this new regulation. We are being assisted in this law suit by the NRA as well. We hope the outcome of our challenge will be a reversal of this unconstitutional regulation for all border state FFL dealers. We appreciate our customers and your support of the 2nd amendment and will keep you all updated as this case progresses.

I’m going to order some magazines from them. You should too.

Balls: ATF promotes agents involved in allowing guns to go to Mexico. That right there is a snub and we know they don’t take the allegations seriously.

So, this means ATF is allowing guns to go into Canada?

Police officer in Philly steals parts from automatic weapons.

Zing: Finally, [Holder] needs to explain how the administration went from wanting to ban assault weapons to supplying them to drug lords.

The WaPo carries that torch and thinks we should learn our lesson and hold hands and have a coke and smile and then we can fix ATF’s problems.

But the AP didn’t get the memo and covers the scandal.

One step closer to the oval office.

Yup. The “stench of cover-up”

Despite ATF not having the regulatory authority to do so, they’re sending the forms to FFLs.

Perfect storm if idiocy. Or evil.

Nemerov has more on ATF forcing dealers to sell illegally. Is that to inflate numbers? Seriously, is it crazy to speculate that since the simplest explanation for Gunwalker was to make a pitch for more gun control and more funding?

The WaPo stops ignoring the scandal. Issues “nuanced” report called an investigation that tries it’s damnedest to minimize what was happening.

ATF Director Melson accused of lying bout his “open door policy”

Getting deeper and deeper:

When asked about the breakdown, Stephen Fischer, a spokesman for the NICS System, said the FBI had no comment. However, an ATF agent who worked on the Fast and Furious investigation, told Fox News that NICS officials called the ATF in Phoenix whenever their suspects tried to buy a gun. That conversation typically led to a green light for the buyers, when it should have stopped them.

Oh, my.

The LA Times:

As Sen. Charles Grassley and congressional investigators looked into the Fast and Furious operation and the killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, ATF officials took steps to throw them off the trail.

State Dept. Allegedly Sold Guns to Zetas

New hearings announced

Concerns from licensed dealers came early. Of course, ATF pressured them.

Justice Department trying to shield officials, refused to release internal report. And, right now, this is what it’s all about since Melson has made clear he will not be the patsy.

Latest letter from Issa and Grassley.

It really is a daily feature.

Project Gunrunner tied directly to Obama. Sure it is. But not Fast and Furious, that we know of.

Fast and Furious, however, is actually linked to some higher ups.

And any doubt that this program was designed to promote gun control has now been removed:

Can you see if these guns were all purchased from the same FfL and at one time. We are looking at anecdotal cases to support a demand letter on long gun multiple sales. Thanks Mark R. Chait Assistant Director Field Operations.

Allowing guns to be walked to Honduras?

Another agent killed and gun walking operations in Houston and Dallas?

Bob has set up a confidential tip line for information on ATF’s gun exporting shenanigans.

It’s like a daily feature.

Tam: ATF has announced a plan to cut down on gun smuggling to Mexico. I guess going cold turkey would be too hard.

David Hardy: Did Fast & Furious violate the Arms Export Control Act?

Issa and Grassley’s letter to holder. Interesting. Makes clear the Melson likely isn’t the fall guy.

New rules: The new regulations will require ATF bureaucrats in four border states, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, to file new reports with themselves each time they illegally send more than 2 high-powered, semi-automatic rifles across the border within a 5 day period. Heh.

Michael Bane: The amazing thing to me is that the administration is sticking to its narrative, e.g. the “Iron River” of guns flowing into into Mexico, even though the “Fast and Furious” Congressional investigation and subsequent revelations have proven conclusively that they only Iron River flowing into Mexico is the one being run by the U.S. government.

Deputy Attorney General James Cole has ordered the reporting of multiple rifle sales to ATF for southern states (racist!). Even though the move is probably illegal.

The hits keep coming:

Foxnews uses the C word

Uh Oh: ‘Fast and Furious’ scandal grows with revelation that Mexican cartel suspects may be paid U.S. informants

There’s Still No Evidence That Eric Holder Knew About Operation Fast and Furious.

Has the head of ATF blown the cover of agents?

So reports the proprietor of Elite Tactical Ammunition. I searched for a ruling on this and cannot find one. However, the president of the company states that the ATF SWAT Team showed up with a search warrant and told him that.

Interesting, if true.

A round up.

Pretty much: Obama Sold, Tracked, Same Guns To Cartels He Hoped To Ban Because They Were Tracked From Cartels

Remember, under the radar.

IBD: The evidence suggests that Agent Terry’s death was financed by the president’s stimulus package with the full knowledge and support of Attorney General Holder.

Ouch: This program is so plain stupid that it smacks of Obama thinking it up himself.

John Lott:

This case can almost be viewed as if the Obama administration wanted to increase the number of American guns used in crimes in Mexico.
The timing of the “Gunwalker” case is even more troubling since the program got going at about the same time that the Obama administration was trying to claim (falsely) that American guns were showing up in a significant number of Mexican crime scenes.

Is it possible that the Obama administration pushed this program to help gin up more support for gun control in the United States?

Heh