{"id":4303,"date":"2011-06-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/06\/14\/ignore-man-behind-curtain\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:14:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:14:56","slug":"ignore-man-behind-curtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4303","title":{"rendered":"Ignore The Man Behind The Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17460,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/camedwards1#!\\\/notes\\\/cam-edwards\\\/the-myth-of-the-70\\\/10150270282162594&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/login\\\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcamedwards1&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17461,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/democrat-gunwalker-defense-strategy.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17462,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/oversight.house.gov\\\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1335%3A6-15-11-qoperation-fast-and-furious-reckless-decisions-tragic-outcomesq&amp;catid=12&amp;Itemid=20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/oversight.house.gov\\\/index.php?option=com_content&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17463,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/feinstein.senate.gov\\\/public\\\/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Files.View&amp;FileStore_id=beaff893-63c1-4941-9903-67a0dc739b9d&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with their friends in the Senate hope that you will ignore the hearings being held before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee into Operation Fast and Furious (aka Project Gunwalker) and the ATF&#8217;s role in letting guns walk to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/camedwards1#!\/notes\/cam-edwards\/the-myth-of-the-70\/10150270282162594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cam Edwards of NRA News disposed of the 70% figure last week<\/a> yet there are some that will continue to repeat it because it buttresses their cause. As Mike at Sipsey Street Irregulars says, <a href=\"http:\/\/sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/democrat-gunwalker-defense-strategy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Repeat The Lie&#8221;<\/a> often and loudly so that people will ignore the real stats and the role of ATF in gunrunning to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1335%3A6-15-11-qoperation-fast-and-furious-reckless-decisions-tragic-outcomesq&amp;catid=12&amp;Itemid=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After the hearings tomorrow<\/a>, that will become harder and harder even with misleading numbers, reports, and press releases from the Feinsteins and Schumers of this world.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><br \/>\nFeinstein, Schumer, Whitehouse Report Calls for Stronger U.S. Response to Firearms Trafficking to Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Urges Congress and the Administration to strengthen firearms laws to stem drug-related violence<\/p>\n<p>70% of weapons recovered in Mexico originated in U.S. according to ATF <\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, along with Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today released the findings of a Congressional investigation that concludes American military-style weapons are arming Mexico\u2019s brutal drug trafficking organizations at an alarming rate and policymakers are not adequately responding. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress has been virtually moribund while powerful Mexican drug trafficking organizations continue to gain unfettered access to military-style firearms coming from the United States,\u201d said Senator Feinstein. \u201cNew ATF data provided last week reveals that more than 70 percent of firearms recovered at crime scenes and traced by Mexican officials actually originated in the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Halting U.S. Firearms Trafficking to Mexico, the overwhelming majority of firearms recovered at crime scenes and traced by Mexican officials originate in the United States. In a recent letter to Feinstein, ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson indicated that in 2009 and 2010 20,504 of the 29,284 firearms (70 percent) recovered in Mexico and submitted for tracing were United States-sourced. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report confirms what many of us already know to be true: although the Senate\u2019s recently passed border measure will help make our Southern border safer, it is still too easy for Mexican drug lords to get their hands on deadly military-grade weapons within our borders,\u201d said Senator Schumer. \u201cWe need to redouble our efforts to keep violent firearms out of the hands of these traffickers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report outlines common sense measures that will help protect our border and our communities by keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of Mexican gangs and drug cartels,\u201d said Senator Whitehouse.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusions of the report:<\/p>\n<p>It will be very difficult to successfully reduce drug-related violence in Mexico without starving the country\u2019s drug trafficking organizations of their military-style weapons. <\/p>\n<p>To do this, the United States must strengthen current firearms laws and regulations. This can be done through a number of key actions by the Obama Administration and Congress, including:<\/p>\n<p>Enactment of legislation to close the gun show loophole;<br \/>\nBetter enforcement of the existing ban on imports of military-style weapons;<br \/>\nReinstatement of the expired Assault Weapons Ban;<br \/>\nReporting by Federal Firearms Licensees on all multiple firearms sales; and<br \/>\nSenate ratification of the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking of Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials (CIFTA).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feinstein.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Files.View&amp;FileStore_id=beaff893-63c1-4941-9903-67a0dc739b9d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Halting U.S. Firearms Trafficking to Mexico report can be found here<\/a>. Information from the report was gathered through meetings in Mexico and in U.S. border cities, briefings, interviews, and a review of documents from both government and non-government subject matter experts.<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with their friends in the Senate hope that you will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2493,1612,1389,1982,544],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-atf","tag-charles-schumer","tag-dianne-feinstein","tag-mexico","tag-project-gunwalker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6802,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions\/6802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}