Ted Nugent Interviewed About Gun Control By Erin Burnett of CNN

The Blaze -- Sporting a graying beard and his signature camouflage hat, rocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent dismissed the Senate’s gun control bill as a “feel-good measure” that won’t stop any shootings. Towards the end of his interview on CNN, Nugent recommended that Attorney General Eric Holder be arrested for gun trafficking.

“I don’t support the bill. I agree with the 90-plus percent of the law enforcement heroes out there, the real warriors of the street, that reject this as a feel-good measure ,” Nugent said bluntly. “I reject it out of hand as a feel-good measure that’s not going to accomplish anything. It won’t stop any shootings, that’s for sure.”

Nugent said he supports police enforcing the gun laws that are already on the books, rather than adding even more regulations. The Senate gun bill would expand background checks and likely include amendments from senators in both parties.

CNN’s Erin Burnett then asked Nugent about New York’s new gun legislation that allows police to confiscate firearms from people who are determined to be mentally ill. The Blaze has reported on the instance where a law-abiding gun owner’s guns were confiscated by mistake in New York.

Nugent said he simply doesn’t trust the “bureaucracy” to “accurately or responsibly or legally identify someone with mental issues.” However, the rocker did say he wants guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, but that it’s not the governments responsibility to determine who is mentally ill.

“I just don’t trust the government. I don’t trust the government that claims it’s going to reduce the budget while they increase the budget,” he added. Throwing a curve ball, Nugent then asked Burnett if she wants to reduce gun trafficking. Naturally, Burnett answered yes. “Then you would support my recommendation that we arrest Eric Holder,” Nugent said.

“Well, no, I don’t support that,” Burnett replied.

“Well, if you want to stop gun trafficking why don’t we go after the guy trafficking guns? That would be Eric Holder,” Nugent shot back, clearly referring to Operation Fast and Furious where 2,000 guns were allowed to walk across the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Blog author's comments - I obviously agree with Ted Nugent. He is a gun-rights advocate and has also been quite vocal concerning how the criminal element in our society should be dealt with. I also agree with Nugent concerning 'Fast and Furious'. That was quickly swept under the carpet by the mainstream media to cover for Eric Holder and Barack Obama. The documentation was also locked up tight by Obama.

The people of America need to wake up. Many may not lack intelligence or the ability to work hard for something, but so many are so easy to fool. We are being played America. We are being worked over. If we do not stand up and do something about this soon, it will be too late to do anything. In fact our best chance at putting our country back on track toward recovery and political sanity was the election of 2012. Sadly Obama was given four more years to continue his agenda.

Judges must enforce the laws, but many are bleeding heart liberals who reduce sentencing or give probation to those who should remain in jail. There are ways to help lock up these offenders by enforcing the gun laws already on the books. If there are any new gun laws they will have the most impact on the law-abiding citizens. And no gun laws will ever stop the mentally ill. The issue of mentally ill people needs to be dealt with and they were the cause of most of the mass shootings. Gun control is 'feel-good' action pushed by the liberals. I knew that they and Obama would go after guns if he won a second term. Too bad the 16 RINO's who voted for more gun control agree with them.

Democrats Walk Out Of Eric Holder's Contempt Of Congress Vote

Terry's mom: Walkout is 'a disgrace'
Politico -- The mother of the U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death has been linked to the botched Fast and Furious operation called it “a disgrace” that Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill walked out of Thursday’s House vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

“I was like, totally shocked, but you know what? I think it was a disgrace to them and not to my son,” Josephine Terry, mother of Brian Terry, said Thursday night on “The O’Reilly Factor.”

In the most dramatic showdown yet, the House voted to hold Holder in contempt of Congress. Thursday over his refusal to turn over some documents in the ongoing probe of the failed gun-walking program. In a show of protest, dozens of Democrats walked off of the House floor during the vote. Brian Terry’s death has been connected to a gun that crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of the Fast and Furious sting.

Josephine Terry was pleased by the House vote, telling Fox News, “I think what happened today was very good and I was happy about it. I think it’s a step forward to get justice for my son.”

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Blog author's comments - The Democrats and the Congressional Black Caucus excuse what happened on the basis of party and race. Those who walked out of Holder's contempt of Congress vote insulted all who died because of the Fast and Furious sting.

These same Democrats and the MSM were quite outspoken on getting to the bottom of the shooting of Trayvon Martin in what the shooter George Zimmerman calls a “self-defense” situation.

But, they do not have a problem with the US Attorney General involved in thousands of weapons that were allowed to 'walk' to known drug cartels in Mexico that resulted in the death of U.S. border agent Brian Terry and hundreds of Mexicans, and also Eric Holder's cover-up of exactly what happened and who was engaged in this scheme.

When Holder was backed into a corner concerning the Fast and Furious documents by the House Oversight Committee, President Barack Obama used Executive Privilege to protect the documents that may show evidence involving Holder and others in the Obama administration.

The latest news on all of this -- is that Eric Holder will not be prosecuted for being held in contempt of Congress. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, the DOJ says that it will not bring the congressional contempt citation against Holder to a federal grand jury and that it will take no other action to prosecute the attorney general. Deputy Attorney General James Cole says the decision is in line with long-standing Justice Department practice across administrations of both political parties.

h/t: wapo

Obama - Protects Holder and Himself Over Fast and Furious

Issa pushes ahead with Holder contempt vote despite Obama intervention
Fox News -- Rep. Darrell Issa pressed ahead with a committee vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, despite an eleventh-hour move by President Obama to exert executive privilege over the Fast and Furious documents at the heart of the dispute.

The announcement touched off a caustic debate on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that lasted into the afternoon, as Democrats accused Issa of prosecuting a "political witch hunt" and Republicans stepped up their criticism of Holder's "stonewalling" over the Fast and Furious probe. Even for Washington, the tone at the hearing was decidedly bitter and accusatory.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was first informed of the president's decision to exert executive privilege in a letter Wednesday morning, shortly before the contempt vote was scheduled.

Issa said committee staff are evaluating the letter but described the move as too little, too late as he and other GOP lawmakers questioned the basis for the assertion.

"This untimely assertion by the Justice Department falls short of any reason to delay today's proceedings," Issa said.

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Blog author's comments - Obama invoked executive privilege protecting the release of the Fast and Furious documents. The main reason Obama did this was to shield himself. This was a government program put together I must assume under the approval of Obama and AG Eric Holder. This program led to the death of border agent Brian Terry and hundreds of people in Mexico.

A huge number of guns were purchased in Arizona by 'straw' buyers and 'walked' across the border into Mexico with the intent to show the people in our country how easy it is for drug cartels to purchase guns in the US. This was done as an assault on the Second Amendment with hope that the American people would agree that more and tighter gun control laws were needed.

The reason Obama made his move today was because Congressman Issa planned to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for not being truthful to the committee and refusing to provide them the documentation they had asked for months ago.

For Obama to use executive privilege so the documents do not have to be released should show everyone that not only Holder, but also Obama knew about the Fast and Furious scheme. Why else protect the documents or in this case evidence against the Obama administration?

Flash: House panel votes to place Holder in contempt of Congress.
Full House to vote next week.
In 2007 Obama Attacked Bush For Hiding Behind Executive Privilege

Contempt Vote Against Holder Concerning Fast and Furious

House GOP schedules contempt vote against Holder
Washington Examiner -- House Republicans say they have run out of patience with the Justice Department over its withholding of documents related to the gun walking operation known as Fast and Furious.

The House Oversight and Government reform committee announced Monday that it will vote on a "contempt of Congress" motion against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder "for his failure to produce documents" related to the department's knowledge of Fast and Furious, which the panel subpoenaed in October.

The announcement ends a brief detente between the two branches over Fast and Furious. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, tried to stave off a contempt vote by pressuring the White House directly to turn over thousands of pages of documents, but the Justice Department has not complied.

Aides told The Washington Examiner that the committee’s statement could be a last-ditch effort to get Holder to cough up the documents. The statement includes this line: "If the Attorney General decides to produce these subpoenaed documents, I am confident we can reach agreement on other materials and render the process of contempt unnecessary."

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Chairman Darrell Issa says 31 Democrats Will Vote To Condemn Holder

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Blog author's comments - This is how long it takes the GOP to lose their patience and do something about Holder? Mine was gone within the first month I found out about 'Fast and Furious.'

Seriously, I don't believe this will work. Eric Holder should have been gone months ago but I think he will survive and keep his job as the Attorney General. Obama has of course been no help, Holder knows too much concerning what Obama has done during his time in office.

The MSM will continue to protect the Obama administration and spin this as an out of control Republican House focused on trying to embarrass Obama in an election year.

Obama And Holder Want To Ban Guns

Holder tells Congress the Obama
administration wants to ban guns
Daily Caller -- Last Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to answer questions about his role in the deadly “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal. However, instead of answers, Congress got more defiance, more arrogance, and more wasted time with an attorney general who clearly feels no sense of obligation to the American people or our rule of law.

But for all the stonewalling, there was at least one telling moment at this hearing, and it should concern law-abiding gun owners and all Americans who expect accountability from our government.

In a rash attempt to deflect attention away from himself and his own irresponsibility, Holder let Congress know that the Obama administration is still working toward the day when it can reinstate former President Bill Clinton’s so-called “assault weapons” ban. According to Holder:

This administration has consistently favored the reinstitution of the assault weapons ban. It is something that we think was useful in the past with regard to the reduction that we’ve seen in crime, and certainly would have a positive impact on our relationship and the crime situation in Mexico.

It’s difficult to follow Holder’s logic here, but it goes something like this...

The Obama administration — particularly Eric Holder’s Justice Department — oversaw an epic scandal whereby our own federal government illegally funneled thousands of firearms into the hands of Mexican drug lords. This contributed to the death of one U.S. Border Patrol agent and hundreds of Mexicans. Keep reading...

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Blog author's comments - by Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President

Obama’s Secret War On Second Amendment Freedom
Obama won’t admit his anti-gun agenda, but his record speaks for itself. Within a week of his election to the White House in 2008, Obama’s “transition team” posted several elements of his gun-ban agenda on the Internet—at change.gov—but then abruptly deleted the web page.

Since then, whenever the Obama administration has dropped its guard and revealed its true intent to ban firearms, it has quickly backed down to restore a facade of sanity.

For example, in 2009, less than a month after he was confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder admitted that his boss wanted to ban your semi-automatic firearms. Then he quickly backed off.

In 2010, top officials at the Environmental Protection Agency told anti-hunting activists the agency had the power to impose a ban on your lead ammunition. Then they quickly backed off.

In 2011, the Department of Interior announced that it was considering bans to stop you from target shooting on public lands. Then it quickly backed off.

The motive behind this madness is clear. Obama and company are engaged in a conspiracy of public deception intended to:

1. Lull gun owners into a false sense of security to decimate the ranks of groups like the NRA and neutralize gun owners as a political force in elections and, thereby;

2. Win re-election to a second term in the White House, at which point they will be immune from elections and free to consolidate and misuse their ever-increasing power to;

3. Excise the Second Amendment from our Bill of Rights forever through legislation, litigation, regulation, executive orders, judicial fiat, international treaties and every lever of unchecked power that they can wrest from all three branches of government.

And the key to their success lies in keeping gun owners like you in the dark.

Make no mistake: Barack Obama has spent his entire political career engaged in a stealthy assault on your Right to Keep and Bear Arms:

• 1996: Obama endorsed a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns.
• 1998: Obama endorsed a ban on the sale or transfer of all semi-automatic firearms.
• 1999: Obama supported a 500 percent increase in federal taxes on ammunition.
• 2003: Obama voted to ban single-shot, over-under and side-by-side shotguns.
• 2004: Obama said the right to carry should be banned nationwide.

Obama even said you shouldn’t be allowed to have a gun in your home for self-defense!

It’s true: Before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Washington, D.C.’s ban on firearms in the home for self-defense, Obama had the gall to say that the ban was constitutional.

Worse yet, when the Illinois legislature voted on a bill that would exempt residents from prosecution for violating a local handgun ban if they used their handguns for self-defense in their own homes, Obama voted against the bill!

Once in the White House, Obama filled his cabinet with the most rabid anti-gun and radical anti-hunting extremists ever seen in Washington.

Read the entire column by Wayne LaPierrre here.
h/t: Benjamin Carter

Allen West - AG Holder Playing Race Card

West: Holder's race card is the 'last card in the deck'
Daily Caller - Florida Republican Rep. Allen West told The Daily Caller on Monday that Attorney General Eric Holder’s use of the race card as a way to attack those who are criticizing him is “reprehensible.”

“I think this is absolutely the last card in the deck, and that shows how weak their ground is,” West said in a phone interview. “But, what that means is they want to make white individuals afraid of continuing to put the pressure on Eric Holder because they don’t want to be seen as racist, and that is something that we have got to move beyond.”

Holder had told The New York Times over the weekend, in a front page Sunday story that he thinks those who are criticizing him have racial motivations to do so. Holder said some unspecified faction — what he refers to as the “more extreme segment” — is driven to criticize both him and President Barack Obama due to the color of their skin.

West said Holder can’t logically assign race as a motivation behind the criticisms for his handling of Operation Fast and Furious. “What Fast and Furious has to do with is misleading the Congress and the American people about what you knew about this program, and if you did not know anything about this program, then who’s in charge of the Department of Justice?” West said.

“It has nothing to do with your race — it has everything to do with competence, with your character and with your ability to lead the Department of Justice.” - Keep reading...

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Blog author's comments - Once again Col. Allen West has hit the nail on the head. Holder should not be the Attorney General but Obama will continue to support and defend him. They both have the same goal which is the destruction of the Second Amendment.

Holder did not tell the truth about his knowledge of operation 'Fast and Furious'. Holder and Obama attempt to hide behind the color of their skin -- the American people should know by now who they are by their actions.

The Obama Administration Is Planning A Second-Term Attack On Gun Rights

Holder Concedes ATF Let Guns 'Walk' To Mexico

U.S. Seals Court Records Of Border Patrol Agent's Murder

Holder and Obama - Seal Court Records

U.S. Seals Court Records Of Border Patrol's Murder
Judicial Watch - The Obama Administration has abruptly sealed court records containing alarming details of how Mexican drug smugglers murdered a U.S. Border patrol agent with a gun connected to a failed federal experiment that allowed firearms to be smuggled into Mexico.

This means information will now be kept from the public as well as the media. Could this be a cover-up on the part of the “most transparent” administration in history? After all, the rifle used to kill the federal agent (Brian Terry) last December in Arizona’s Peck Canyon was part of the now infamous Operation Fast and Furious. Conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the disastrous scheme allowed guns to be smuggled into Mexico so they could eventually be traced to drug cartels. Instead, federal law enforcement officers lost track of more than 1,000 guns which have been used in numerous crimes.

Truth is, no one will know the reason for the confiscation of public court records in this case because the judge’s decision to seal it was also sealed, according to the news story. That means the public or media won’t have access to any new or old evidence, filings, rulings or arguments. - Keep reading...

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Blog author's comments - We are supposed to believe that there is not a cover up going on. And Obama and Holder have nothing to hide. But they have a liberal judge seal the records and as far as they are concerned it's over.

You would think there would be a journalist somewhere who would like to become famous by exposing all the corruption of this administration. I don’t expect the Republicans to do it.

Federal agent Brian Terry was murdered and Obama and Holder's 'Fast and Furious' Program has also been linked to over 200 murders in Mexico.

Agent Brian Terry's Famuly


Fast and Furious and Attorney General Eric Holder have been addressed on this blog before. You can read more about it here , here and here

AG Eric Holder - Senate Judiciary Committee

Holder concedes ATF let guns "walk" to Mexico
Washington Examiner - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder conceded this morning that under his leadership, agents allowed guns to "walk" into Mexico, where they ended up in the hands of drug lords, and he said that the effects of this mistake would be felt for years to come.

"I want to be clear: any instance of so-called 'gun-walking' is simply unacceptable," Holder said in his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary committee. "Regrettably, this tactic was used as part of Fast and Furious, which was launched to combat gun trafficking and violence on our Southwest Border. This operation was flawed in concept, as well as in execution. And, unfortunately, we will feel its effects for years to come as guns that were lost during this operation continue to show up at crime scenes both here and in Mexico."

In July, the man who implemented the Fast and Furious program for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives', William Newell, repeatedly denied that they let guns "walk," Newell made his comments in testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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Blog author's comments - “Gun-walking” is simply "unacceptable" said Eric Holder. But it was part of his 'Fast and Furious' plan. He has also lied about his knowledge of 'Fast and Furious'. He should not be the Attorney General. How many people, both Mexican and American, are now dead because of him?

Holder had to have discussed this with the President. Having him testify is a waste of time. He will never tell the real truth about who knew what and when. This program was designed to usher in an era of strict gun control. Both Holder and Obama are anti-gun and Second Amendment.

Holder faces what is likely to be a much more hostile environment next month when he testifies before a House panel where Republican Darrell Issa, R-California, will wield the gavel and control the questioning.

Holder claims he never saw memos about 'Fast and Furious' addressed to him

Documents suggest Holder knew about 'Faast and Furious' earlier than he claimed

Sen. Feinstein - Wants National Gun Registration

Feinstein Uses 'Fast and Furious' to
Make Case for National Gun Registration
CNS News - Making a case for national gun registration, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said “perhaps mistakes were made” in the botched gun-walking program known as Fast and Furious, but she said trying to assign blame misses the larger problem.

“This is a deep concern for me. I know others disagree, but we have very lax laws when it comes to guns,” Feinstein, an advocate of gun control, said during Tuesday's hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism.

“My concern, Mr. Chairman, is that there’s been a lot said about Fast and Furious, and perhaps mistakes were made,” Feinstein said. “But I think this hunt for blame doesn’t really speak about the problem. And the problem is, anybody can walk in and buy anything.”

In Operation Fast and Furious, a Justice Department program that began in September 2009, law enforcement knowingly allowed about 2,000 U.S. guns to flow to Mexican drug cartels, with the intent of tracking the weapons and making arrests. However, law enforcement lost track of most of the weapons. The program was halted in December 2010 after two weapons from the program were found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
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Blog author's comments - Fast and Furious and Gunwalker broke existing laws. If the laws were followed those guns would not have walked. The government set this up and lied about their involvement in it. But, according to Dianne Feinstein more gun laws are needed.

The original purpose of Fast and Furious was to create the illusion that Mexican guns were coming from the U.S., prompting the need to add more gun laws to register and control the sale of guns, and restrict the sale of assault weapons.

Now, after all the information has been made public, the Democrats still have the nerve to go ahead with the plan. They never cease to amaze me. Fast and Furious from day one was a covert operation against the Constitution and the Second Amendment.

What Feinstein wants will happen if Obama should win a second term in office.

Is Someone Lying About 'Fast and Furious?'

How Did Obama Know About
"Fast and Furious" Before Holder?


Blog author's comments - Could someone within the Obama administration be lying? That’s the problem with lying, it’s so very hard to keep your story straight.

Could 'Fast and Furious' have been put into action without the knowledge of both Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama?

'Fast and Furious' was implemented to purposely discredit the Second Amendment. It was a covert effort by our government to promote stricter gun control laws by flooding Mexico with guns and blaming loose firearm laws for the problem.

The government told gun stores to overlook obvious straw purchases of large numbers of guns so that they could be tracked, and they would be followed across our border. The problem is that many of these guns were not tracked.

The outcome was that one of our U.S. border guards and hundreds of Mexicans were killed with some of these guns.

Video via: Breitbart.TV

Did Eric Holder Lie To House Judiciary Committee?

Documents Suggest Holder Knew About
'Fast and Furious' Earlier Than He Claimed
Fox News - For the first time, documents appear to show Attorney General Eric Holder was made aware of the Operation Fast and Furious earlier than he claimed -- up to 9 nine months earlier.

The documents seem to contradict what Holder told a House Judiciary Committee on May 3, when he said he could not recall the exact date, but he'd "probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."

However, in a July 2010 memo, Michael Walther, director of the National Drug Intelligence Center, told Holder straw buyers in the Operation Fast and Furious case "are responsible for the purchase of 1,500 firearms that were then supplied to the Mexican drug trafficking cartels."

Documents also show, contrary to earlier reports, the Justice Department was aware that ATF agents under the department's direction were involved in the controversial practice known as "gun walking" -- allowing illicit gun sales to proceed to track the traffickers to higher-ups. The department has said it did not allow guns to "walk." When agents "let guns walk," they stop surveillance and allow criminals to transfer weapons to others. In this case, that meant allowing the guns to cross the border into Mexico.

Until now, there's been an attempt to portray Operation Fast and Furious as a rogue operation by ATF agents in Phoenix and the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office. But insiders claim these documents show the Department of Justice in Washington was intimately aware of the case almost from the beginning.

In response to the documents released Monday, the Justice Department said Holder's response referred to when he first learned of the "troubling tactics" of the program, not the name of it. A department spokesman also says that the "gun walking" referred to in the October 2010 email exchange is about another case initiated before Operation Fast and Furious.

FOX News has reported that Holder was personally identified as being informed of the plan at least twice. One report, from 2010, states that Holder was informed of the plan.



**UPDATE** GOP chairman wants special counsel
to find out if Holder lied to Congress

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Blog author's comments - If the news report is accurate - it will be interesting to see how Holder and Obama slide out from under this.

Could be that there’s going to be someone thrown under the bus and the records swept under the rug. We shall see if Attorney General Eric Holder will retain his job.

Does anybody doubt that Holder did not know about 'Fast and Furious' as it was happening? The man is the head of the Justice Department and he was not informed? What did the President know, and when did he know it?

If this is true, Holder is complicit in the murders of not only a U.S. Border Agent, but of all the Mexican citizens who have been killed by the drug cartels who received these weapons.

Arizona Sheriff Implicates ATF, Holder and DOJ

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu implicates the ATF, Eric Holder
and the Obama Justice Department as accomplices to murder involving weapons used in Operation Fast and Furious


Blog author's comments - Is Sheriff Babeu going to be one of only a few to talk about this? My understanding of operation 'Fast and Furious' was supposed to prove the administration knew who the bad guys were - legitimate gun dealers in the Southwest - and set out to make them the heavies in a phony sting operation.

The operation was to permit straw purchasers to complete the weapon's purchase and move them to Mexico, in order to build a bigger case against Mexican criminal organizations suspected of being the ultimate buyers. The guns were supposed to be tracked but many were not. As a result the government does not know who has many of these guns.

Attorney General Eric Holder has said that he and other higher-ups at the Justice Department were not aware of the operation as it was being carried out.

At least one American lawman is dead because of this program that put firearms into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. And, supposedly 200 or more Mexican police, soldiers and civilians have been killed.

Congressman Issa is calling for a special investigator. But, more Republicans need to speak out until the situation is resolved. The GOP should make 'Fast and Furious' a campaign issue.

HT: GWP