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<blockquote data-quote="Glocksteady" data-source="post: 1911739" data-attributes="member: 17296">The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of &quot;gunwalking&quot; sting operations between 2006 and 2011.&nbsp; These operations were done under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, a project intended to stem the flow of firearms into Mexico by interdicting straw purchasers and gun traffickers within the United States. &quot;Gun walking&quot; or &quot;letting guns walk&quot; was a tactic whereby the ATF &quot;purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns to Mexican drug cartel leaders.&quot;&nbsp; The stated goal of allowing these purchases was to continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels, with the expectation that this would lead to their arrests and the dismantling of the cartels. The tactic was questioned during the operations by a number of people, including ATF field agents and cooperating licensed gun dealers.&nbsp; Operation Fast and Furious, by far the largest &quot;gunwalking&quot; probe, monitored the sale of over 2,000 firearms, of which nearly 700 were recovered as of October 20, 2011.Using common sense, I would say his statement was true to the point.&nbsp; If you want to make a mountain out of a mole hill and split hairs, this is America.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glocksteady, post: 1911739, member: 17296"] The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of "gunwalking" sting operations between [B]2006 [/B]and 2011. These operations were done under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, a project intended to stem the flow of firearms into Mexico by interdicting straw purchasers and gun traffickers within the United States. "Gun walking" or "letting guns walk" was a tactic whereby the ATF "purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns to Mexican drug cartel leaders." The stated goal of allowing these purchases was to continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels, with the expectation that this would lead to their arrests and the dismantling of the cartels. The tactic was questioned during the operations by a number of people, including ATF field agents and cooperating licensed gun dealers. Operation Fast and Furious, by far the largest "gunwalking" probe, monitored the sale of over 2,000 firearms, of which nearly 700 were recovered as of October 20, 2011. Using common sense, I would say his statement was true to the point. If you want to make a mountain out of a mole hill and split hairs, this is America. [/QUOTE]

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