Los Angles Transportation Security Administration agent, Dianna Perez has been charged with accepting bribes from a drug trafficker, Millage Peaks, Jr. Millage Peaks, Jr. allegedly paid $500 to Dianna Perez for each suitcase of illegal drugs she helped clear through TSA security.
Millage Peaks, Jr. was caught, headed from Los Angeles to Boston when baggage handlers noticed his suitcase smelled of marijuana. This was probably the tenth time Dianna Perez had helped Millage Peaks, Jr. get a suitcase through TSA security.
On the surface this may seem just like a harmless case of drug trafficking, but this is far more serious. What if there had been a bomb hidden in anyone of those ten suitcases and Dianna Perez had sneaked it through security thinking it was just full of drugs? Anyone should be able to see the potential danger. These corrupt TSA agents are a serious threat to the security of air traffic. What sort of degenerates is the TSA hiring anyway?
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October 18, 2011
September 7, 2011
TSA Agent, Thedala Magee Threatens to Sue Passenger over Rape Accusation
Airline passenger, Amy Alkon is accusing, Transportation Security Administration Agent, Thedala Magee of what amounts to sexual assault. On March 31, 2011, Amy Alkon was passing through security at LAX in Los Angeles and wound up getting the dreaded pat-down. During the pat-down, Amy Alkon claims Thedala Magee pressed the side of her hand into Alkon's vagina, between her labia, four times. During and after the pat-down, Amy Alkon made quite a scene by crying and then accusing the TSA agent of rape.
Now, rape is a very serious word, but pressing ones hand into a vagina, even through clothing, is a very serious act. The act of pressing a hand between labia through clothing may not exactly qualify as rape under many legal definitions, but it certainly is a hostile violation of one's personal space and would absolutely be considered a crime in just about any situation. For some reason, TSA workers are allowed to commit these sexual offenses on innocent people without probable cause. They get to do it, and they do it with impunity.
Of course, people are now attacking Amy Alkon and questioning her truthfulness, but is that really fair? If Alkon's story is true, this poor woman was sexually assaulted by a government worker. It does not really matter if the sexual assault is legally sanctioned by the federal government or not. If unwanted sexual contact takes place, it is sexual assault. How can we, in good conscience, doubt Amy Alkon's story? When a person claims to have been sexually assaulted, do we not owe it to the victim to offer the benefit of the doubt?
Sure, Alkon could be exaggerating a story for publicity. It is a sensational story. Her story, however, has a lot of credibility. TSA workers are constantly jamming their hands into people's crotches and poking around in there. Is it really crazy to think Alkon's vagina may have been violated in some way during this interaction? Thedala Magee certainly had access to Alkon's vagina and had the opportunity to push her hand between Alkon's labia if she wanted to do so. Should we not assume Alkon to be the ultimate authority on whether or not her vagina was compromised?
Well, Amy Alkon decided to fight back against the TSA agent using her right to free of speech. She recounted her alleged assault on the Internet in a post titled "Don't Give the TSA an Easy Time of Violating Your Rights." She even identified the accused by name: Thedala Magee.
Thedala Magee did not like her name being published on the Internet by the alleged victim. Magee has hired attorney, Vicki Roberts, and she is now threatening to sue Alkon for defamation. She has even offered to settle out-of-court for $500,000. Is that not just adorable? A woman claims sexual assault, and even though there is likely to be a full-color video of the accused with her hand in the victim's crotch, the accused has the nerve to threaten a lawsuit and offer to make it go away for some quick cash.
Thedala Magee was probably informed by the TSA she has every right to sexually violate people, and Magee probably thought she would never have to answer for her actions. These TSA buffoons, put on their uniforms, and they feel they can go to work and do whatever they wish to people because they are acting under the authority of the government. Some people just believe that, if the government does it, it cannot be wrong. Even worse, some people think, "I was just following orders," is a completely adequate excuse for all sorts of terrible behavior.
Well, fortunately, we have the Internet for things like this. Thedala Magee may be able to force Amy Alkon to remove her accusations from the her Web site. Magee may even be able to squeeze some money out of Alkon, but one thing Thedala Magee will never be able to do is escape the shame that is going to be associated with her name all over the Internet from now on. And, you know what? Magee deserves to be shamed.
These TSA workers may just be going around following orders, but they volunteered for the job, and they are getting paid to routinely terrorize innocent people who simply want to get on a plane and go somewhere. Yes, the federal government is instructing them to violate people, but these TSA workers do not have to take these jobs. If they choose to be willing participants in an ongoing assault on the civil liberties of innocent people, then these TSA workers deserve whatever shame comes their way, even if that means they get publicly exposed by name as the sex offenders they are.
If there were more gutsy people like Amy Alkon who would have the courage to stand up to these sanctioned sexual assaults, fewer people would want to become TSA agents and those who continue to do the job might be more likely to be a little more respectful of people's privacy, rights, and human dignity. We should sympathize with Amy Alkon in her pain and applaud her for her bravery.
Now, rape is a very serious word, but pressing ones hand into a vagina, even through clothing, is a very serious act. The act of pressing a hand between labia through clothing may not exactly qualify as rape under many legal definitions, but it certainly is a hostile violation of one's personal space and would absolutely be considered a crime in just about any situation. For some reason, TSA workers are allowed to commit these sexual offenses on innocent people without probable cause. They get to do it, and they do it with impunity.
Of course, people are now attacking Amy Alkon and questioning her truthfulness, but is that really fair? If Alkon's story is true, this poor woman was sexually assaulted by a government worker. It does not really matter if the sexual assault is legally sanctioned by the federal government or not. If unwanted sexual contact takes place, it is sexual assault. How can we, in good conscience, doubt Amy Alkon's story? When a person claims to have been sexually assaulted, do we not owe it to the victim to offer the benefit of the doubt?
Sure, Alkon could be exaggerating a story for publicity. It is a sensational story. Her story, however, has a lot of credibility. TSA workers are constantly jamming their hands into people's crotches and poking around in there. Is it really crazy to think Alkon's vagina may have been violated in some way during this interaction? Thedala Magee certainly had access to Alkon's vagina and had the opportunity to push her hand between Alkon's labia if she wanted to do so. Should we not assume Alkon to be the ultimate authority on whether or not her vagina was compromised?
Well, Amy Alkon decided to fight back against the TSA agent using her right to free of speech. She recounted her alleged assault on the Internet in a post titled "Don't Give the TSA an Easy Time of Violating Your Rights." She even identified the accused by name: Thedala Magee.
Thedala Magee did not like her name being published on the Internet by the alleged victim. Magee has hired attorney, Vicki Roberts, and she is now threatening to sue Alkon for defamation. She has even offered to settle out-of-court for $500,000. Is that not just adorable? A woman claims sexual assault, and even though there is likely to be a full-color video of the accused with her hand in the victim's crotch, the accused has the nerve to threaten a lawsuit and offer to make it go away for some quick cash.
Thedala Magee was probably informed by the TSA she has every right to sexually violate people, and Magee probably thought she would never have to answer for her actions. These TSA buffoons, put on their uniforms, and they feel they can go to work and do whatever they wish to people because they are acting under the authority of the government. Some people just believe that, if the government does it, it cannot be wrong. Even worse, some people think, "I was just following orders," is a completely adequate excuse for all sorts of terrible behavior.
Well, fortunately, we have the Internet for things like this. Thedala Magee may be able to force Amy Alkon to remove her accusations from the her Web site. Magee may even be able to squeeze some money out of Alkon, but one thing Thedala Magee will never be able to do is escape the shame that is going to be associated with her name all over the Internet from now on. And, you know what? Magee deserves to be shamed.
These TSA workers may just be going around following orders, but they volunteered for the job, and they are getting paid to routinely terrorize innocent people who simply want to get on a plane and go somewhere. Yes, the federal government is instructing them to violate people, but these TSA workers do not have to take these jobs. If they choose to be willing participants in an ongoing assault on the civil liberties of innocent people, then these TSA workers deserve whatever shame comes their way, even if that means they get publicly exposed by name as the sex offenders they are.
If there were more gutsy people like Amy Alkon who would have the courage to stand up to these sanctioned sexual assaults, fewer people would want to become TSA agents and those who continue to do the job might be more likely to be a little more respectful of people's privacy, rights, and human dignity. We should sympathize with Amy Alkon in her pain and applaud her for her bravery.
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August 4, 2011
Transgender Security Administration: Sexuality and Gender Issues Cause Confusion at TSA
Ashley Yang is a confused man/woman. He began life as a male, but has chosen to live life as a female. Ashley Yang takes female hormones, dresses like a woman, behaves like a woman, uses women's restrooms, etc. Yang, however, has not yet undergone gender reassignment, so Ashley is technically a male in the eyes of the Transportation Security Administration.
Ashley Yang's gender bending ways caused her problems in her job as a security checkpoint screener with the TSA at LAX. She applied for the job as a woman and was hired as a woman, but she informed the TSA of her gender history prior to a background check. (Yes, surprisingly, it appears the TSA actually does conduct background checks on at least some of the power-tripping, bumbling freaks they hire.)
The TSA offered Yang a chance to work with baggage, but Yang did not seem to be interested in the pirate's life of theft and freebooting that so many TSA baggage inspectors enjoy. Yang was interested in a different kind of booty and is more of a hands-on person. He/she probably joined the TSA with dreams of getting up close and personal with the endless stream of submissive airline passengers TSA victimizes on a daily basis.
Since the TSA considers Yang a male, they made him (an aspiring her) perform his/her job as a man. TSA management originally ordered Yang to dress as a man, wear a male hairstyle, use the men's restroom, etc. This man/woman was also ordered to pat-down only male passengers, and this is when the absurdities of TSA's intrusive pat-downs begin with regard to sexuality and gender issues.
Now, if you are a man, would you rather receive a pat-down from straight man or male who has made some rather serious and obvious commitments to live life like a woman? When that hand is sliding around your testicles and anus, do you want that to be the hand of a straight guy or someone who may have some unconventional and flexible ideas about sexuality and gender roles? Really, it is your genitals, so who do you want touching them? If you are a man, do you suppose you would be more comfortable being touched by a cross-dressing, hormone-altered man or a straight woman? Would you prefer to receive a pat-down from a gender-switching male or a lesbian? Forgive the assumption here, but if given options, being touched by a man who longs to be a woman would probably be very far down on most straight men's lists of pat-down preferences.
On the surface, it seems like the issues here are sexual preference and gender, but these are only minor complications caused by a much more serious problem. The TSA's pat-downs themselves are too sexual. When it matters whether a pat-down is being performed by a male or female, then the pat-down is too intrusive and sexually charged. It should not matter whether the hand in your crotch is a male or a female hand, because that hand should not be in your crotch in the first place.
By the way, if you are a man, and you actually do want a personal pat-down from Ashley Yang, you will not enjoy the pleasure of getting a federally sanctioned groping for free at LAX. You will have to track down Ashley Yang and ask him directly for a freelance pat-down. Ashley Yang was fired from the TSA for using the women's restroom at work, making him perhaps the most harmless person ever to be fired by the TSA. Normally, to get fired by the TSA, an agent has to do something big like steal from passengers, beat up a coworker, commit rape, kidnap someone, etc. Failure to stop bombs, weapons, and terrorists from getting onto airplanes are not always grounds for dismissal at the TSA. Competence and public safety is a lesser concern there. If a person wants to get fired by the TSA he/she had better be prepared to do something either really nasty or just use the wrong restroom.
Ashley Yang's gender bending ways caused her problems in her job as a security checkpoint screener with the TSA at LAX. She applied for the job as a woman and was hired as a woman, but she informed the TSA of her gender history prior to a background check. (Yes, surprisingly, it appears the TSA actually does conduct background checks on at least some of the power-tripping, bumbling freaks they hire.)
The TSA offered Yang a chance to work with baggage, but Yang did not seem to be interested in the pirate's life of theft and freebooting that so many TSA baggage inspectors enjoy. Yang was interested in a different kind of booty and is more of a hands-on person. He/she probably joined the TSA with dreams of getting up close and personal with the endless stream of submissive airline passengers TSA victimizes on a daily basis.
Since the TSA considers Yang a male, they made him (an aspiring her) perform his/her job as a man. TSA management originally ordered Yang to dress as a man, wear a male hairstyle, use the men's restroom, etc. This man/woman was also ordered to pat-down only male passengers, and this is when the absurdities of TSA's intrusive pat-downs begin with regard to sexuality and gender issues.
Now, if you are a man, would you rather receive a pat-down from straight man or male who has made some rather serious and obvious commitments to live life like a woman? When that hand is sliding around your testicles and anus, do you want that to be the hand of a straight guy or someone who may have some unconventional and flexible ideas about sexuality and gender roles? Really, it is your genitals, so who do you want touching them? If you are a man, do you suppose you would be more comfortable being touched by a cross-dressing, hormone-altered man or a straight woman? Would you prefer to receive a pat-down from a gender-switching male or a lesbian? Forgive the assumption here, but if given options, being touched by a man who longs to be a woman would probably be very far down on most straight men's lists of pat-down preferences.
On the surface, it seems like the issues here are sexual preference and gender, but these are only minor complications caused by a much more serious problem. The TSA's pat-downs themselves are too sexual. When it matters whether a pat-down is being performed by a male or female, then the pat-down is too intrusive and sexually charged. It should not matter whether the hand in your crotch is a male or a female hand, because that hand should not be in your crotch in the first place.
By the way, if you are a man, and you actually do want a personal pat-down from Ashley Yang, you will not enjoy the pleasure of getting a federally sanctioned groping for free at LAX. You will have to track down Ashley Yang and ask him directly for a freelance pat-down. Ashley Yang was fired from the TSA for using the women's restroom at work, making him perhaps the most harmless person ever to be fired by the TSA. Normally, to get fired by the TSA, an agent has to do something big like steal from passengers, beat up a coworker, commit rape, kidnap someone, etc. Failure to stop bombs, weapons, and terrorists from getting onto airplanes are not always grounds for dismissal at the TSA. Competence and public safety is a lesser concern there. If a person wants to get fired by the TSA he/she had better be prepared to do something either really nasty or just use the wrong restroom.
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August 3, 2011
Kelly Thomas Beaten to Death by Fullerton, CA Police
On July 5, 2011, Fullerton, California police responded to a call about possible car burglaries in progress around the Fullerton Transportation Center. When the police arrived, they confronted a homeless, 37-year-old schizophrenic man: Kelly J. Thomas.
The Fullerton police are claiming they wanted to search Kelly Thomas' backpack, but Thomas ran from them and resisted arrest. Perhaps Kelly Thomas did resist the police, but what we do know for sure is that Kelly Thomas received a severe beating from a gang of up to six police officers. According to eyewitnesses, Kelly Thomas was tasered five times and was being beaten even though he did not appear to continue resisting police. Witnesses say Thomas was begging for the officers to stop beating him, and he was calling out for his father, a retired Orange County law enforcement officer, to come and help him. (Note: Kelly Thomas' father, Ron Thomas, was not present at the scene of the attack and had no way to stop the beating.)
If there is any doubt about whether Fullerton police used excessive force in the Kelly Thomas arrest, we can only look at the result. Kelly Thomas was beaten so badly, he went into a coma and died five days later in a hospital when he was taken off of life support.
Why can't six police officers subdue a homeless man without using brutal force? Why did they taser the man five times? How could a man possibly be so severely injured and still continue to fight six policemen? Why will the police not release the surveillance video from the bus station?
Kelly Thomas may have been guilty of burglary. He may have even been guilty of resisting police at some point during the confrontation. The fact remains, however, that a mentally ill man was beaten so badly, he died. This could very well be a murder. If it is, these Fullerton cops need to spend life in prison or perhaps even face the death penalty.
If you want to see the face of police brutality, click on the thumbnail below. This is an image of Kelly Thomas after his beating. This image is graphic and disturbing. If you are squeamish, do not look at the full-sized image.
The Fullerton police are claiming they wanted to search Kelly Thomas' backpack, but Thomas ran from them and resisted arrest. Perhaps Kelly Thomas did resist the police, but what we do know for sure is that Kelly Thomas received a severe beating from a gang of up to six police officers. According to eyewitnesses, Kelly Thomas was tasered five times and was being beaten even though he did not appear to continue resisting police. Witnesses say Thomas was begging for the officers to stop beating him, and he was calling out for his father, a retired Orange County law enforcement officer, to come and help him. (Note: Kelly Thomas' father, Ron Thomas, was not present at the scene of the attack and had no way to stop the beating.)
If there is any doubt about whether Fullerton police used excessive force in the Kelly Thomas arrest, we can only look at the result. Kelly Thomas was beaten so badly, he went into a coma and died five days later in a hospital when he was taken off of life support.
Why can't six police officers subdue a homeless man without using brutal force? Why did they taser the man five times? How could a man possibly be so severely injured and still continue to fight six policemen? Why will the police not release the surveillance video from the bus station?
Kelly Thomas may have been guilty of burglary. He may have even been guilty of resisting police at some point during the confrontation. The fact remains, however, that a mentally ill man was beaten so badly, he died. This could very well be a murder. If it is, these Fullerton cops need to spend life in prison or perhaps even face the death penalty.
If you want to see the face of police brutality, click on the thumbnail below. This is an image of Kelly Thomas after his beating. This image is graphic and disturbing. If you are squeamish, do not look at the full-sized image.
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July 25, 2011
TSA Worker Stole from LAX Passengers
If you come back from a flight and find that valuables are missing from your luggage, do not automatically blame yourself for being absentminded or careless. It is very possible a Transportation Security Administration agent stole items from you.
Paul Yashou of Torrance, California is the latest TSA employee to be caught stealing from passengers. Paul Yashou got caught stealing things such as luxury watches and a pre-paid debit card from airline passengers at the Los Angeles International Airport.
It should be noted that the TSA did not catch the thief. One of the theft victims broke the case upon noticing one of the stolen watches was listed on eBay. Paul Yashou was arrested on July 22, 2011. So, not only does the TSA hire criminals, they do such a poor job of watching them, that independent citizens have to be the ones catching the federally employed thieves.
These TSA workers are supposed to be looking for bombs and terrorists, but they are simply too busy stealing, groping, harassing, humiliating innocent people to be bothered with such burdens and formalities. The people are who supposed to be protecting you are much more likely to be the ones victimizing you.
Paul Yashou of Torrance, California is the latest TSA employee to be caught stealing from passengers. Paul Yashou got caught stealing things such as luxury watches and a pre-paid debit card from airline passengers at the Los Angeles International Airport.
It should be noted that the TSA did not catch the thief. One of the theft victims broke the case upon noticing one of the stolen watches was listed on eBay. Paul Yashou was arrested on July 22, 2011. So, not only does the TSA hire criminals, they do such a poor job of watching them, that independent citizens have to be the ones catching the federally employed thieves.
These TSA workers are supposed to be looking for bombs and terrorists, but they are simply too busy stealing, groping, harassing, humiliating innocent people to be bothered with such burdens and formalities. The people are who supposed to be protecting you are much more likely to be the ones victimizing you.
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July 13, 2011
Obama Using ATF to Pass Gun Control Under the Radar
When Barack Obama told Sarah Brady he was pursuing gun control "under the radar," people began to wonder exactly what he meant. Now, we have a specific example of how a President can abuse his power, overstep his authority, and circumvent the system to enact his own special gun laws.
Under the Obama administration, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, commonly known as the ATF, has unilaterally passed a new rule that requires firearms dealers in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to report to the ATF sales to an individual of multiple semiautomatic rifles, greater than .22 caliber, with detachable magazines during any five-day period. The stated purpose of this new law is to limit the flow of firearms from the Untied States to Mexico.
This new rule essentially amounts to a new federal gun-control law; however, it was passed without a single vote in Congress. Barack Obama knew he could never get this sort of gun-control law through both houses of Congress, so he just created the law through executive authority and got in through the backdoor.
One of the most problematic features of this new gun law is that is does not apply equally to all states. American citizens who live in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas are now subject to more federal gun restrictions than those citizens in other states. Since the federal government cannot impose federal laws on specific groups of people, this law is unconstitutional.
We may not have to spend a lot of time worrying about the uneven application of this law on the southern border states, however. If the ATF gets away with this law, they are bound to expand it to more states. Eventually, the Obama administration will argue the law was so effective in curbing illegal gun sales in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas that the gun smugglers have started using buyers in states like Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah, etc. Then the ATF will expand the law to other states. Eventually, the law will probably apply to Alaska too. Do not be surprised if Barack Obama and the ATF start claiming people are buying guns in Alaska, putting them on boats, and sailing them down the Pacific coast to Mexico.
A ridiculous part of this new rule is the "greater than .22 caliber" clause. Nearly all firearms, except .22s themselves, are greater than .22 caliber. The ATF probably threw in this clause to give the illusion the ATF is concerned only with high-powered rifles. In reality, this law going after just about any rifle caliber. For example, the ATF has always been very aggressive about targeting, AR-15s, the civilian version of the M16. Standard AR-15s fire .223 (similar to 5.56 NATO). Even though the .223 round is only moderately powerful, when compared to most rifle rounds, the ATF probably set the power threshold so low for this law so they could include AR-15s.
Also note that the ATF is specifically mentioning "detachable magazines" and "semiautomatic" rifles in the rule. This is just code for "assault weapons." The ATF simply does not like people have assault weapons, and those are the first weapons they would abolish if given the chance. That is what they are pursuing with this rule. This rule is what will set the stage for eventually placing stricter controls on the types of guns the ATF does not like.
The most egregious element to all of this ATF reporting business is the hypocrisy. The Obama administration is claiming that too many firearms are ending up in Mexico, but the ATF's "Fast and Furious" program was deliberately allowing actual working firearms to be transferred to Mexican gangs. Obama and the ATF are out panicking everyone about how many US weapons are ending up in the hands of gangs in Mexico when our government was just caught intentionally allowing--and even encouraging--those weapons to flow into Mexico as part of a organized effort. You just can't make this stuff up.
Under the Obama administration, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, commonly known as the ATF, has unilaterally passed a new rule that requires firearms dealers in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to report to the ATF sales to an individual of multiple semiautomatic rifles, greater than .22 caliber, with detachable magazines during any five-day period. The stated purpose of this new law is to limit the flow of firearms from the Untied States to Mexico.
This new rule essentially amounts to a new federal gun-control law; however, it was passed without a single vote in Congress. Barack Obama knew he could never get this sort of gun-control law through both houses of Congress, so he just created the law through executive authority and got in through the backdoor.
One of the most problematic features of this new gun law is that is does not apply equally to all states. American citizens who live in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas are now subject to more federal gun restrictions than those citizens in other states. Since the federal government cannot impose federal laws on specific groups of people, this law is unconstitutional.
We may not have to spend a lot of time worrying about the uneven application of this law on the southern border states, however. If the ATF gets away with this law, they are bound to expand it to more states. Eventually, the Obama administration will argue the law was so effective in curbing illegal gun sales in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas that the gun smugglers have started using buyers in states like Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah, etc. Then the ATF will expand the law to other states. Eventually, the law will probably apply to Alaska too. Do not be surprised if Barack Obama and the ATF start claiming people are buying guns in Alaska, putting them on boats, and sailing them down the Pacific coast to Mexico.
A ridiculous part of this new rule is the "greater than .22 caliber" clause. Nearly all firearms, except .22s themselves, are greater than .22 caliber. The ATF probably threw in this clause to give the illusion the ATF is concerned only with high-powered rifles. In reality, this law going after just about any rifle caliber. For example, the ATF has always been very aggressive about targeting, AR-15s, the civilian version of the M16. Standard AR-15s fire .223 (similar to 5.56 NATO). Even though the .223 round is only moderately powerful, when compared to most rifle rounds, the ATF probably set the power threshold so low for this law so they could include AR-15s.
Also note that the ATF is specifically mentioning "detachable magazines" and "semiautomatic" rifles in the rule. This is just code for "assault weapons." The ATF simply does not like people have assault weapons, and those are the first weapons they would abolish if given the chance. That is what they are pursuing with this rule. This rule is what will set the stage for eventually placing stricter controls on the types of guns the ATF does not like.
The most egregious element to all of this ATF reporting business is the hypocrisy. The Obama administration is claiming that too many firearms are ending up in Mexico, but the ATF's "Fast and Furious" program was deliberately allowing actual working firearms to be transferred to Mexican gangs. Obama and the ATF are out panicking everyone about how many US weapons are ending up in the hands of gangs in Mexico when our government was just caught intentionally allowing--and even encouraging--those weapons to flow into Mexico as part of a organized effort. You just can't make this stuff up.
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