Reply #44: Well, they've indicted over 30 suspects who were trafficking guns -- that sounds pretty good to me.

[Hoyt]

Obviously gunners here don't like the government arresting gun traffickers.


Further, here are some excerpts from article in Christian Science Monitor that I think is pretty good (I doubt gunners will think so though):

“. . . . . . the saga of Fast and Furious has underscored a number of troubling trends on the US-Mexico border:

• The role US borderland gun shops play in feeding the region’s drug-related violence.

• How Mexico’s ruthless crime gangs use the weakly regulated US market to arm themselves.

• How the American gun lobby’s opposition to regulation has stifled government efforts to plug the flow of arms into Mexico."

“ . . . . . .The only way to stop, or more realistically slow down, the weapons trafficking will be through enhanced intelligence and undercover operations, and increased cross-border cooperation,” says Eric Olson, a senior associate at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute in Washington. “But if the result of this scandal is to pull back on all of that,” he adds, “the problem will continue to grow.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2011/0621/How-much-damage-did-ATF-s-ill-fated-gun-running-sting-do-to-war-on-drugs


In addition to the indictments that have already occurred, more are expected.

“Some ATF officials still insist that Fast and Furious is a success, saying the case will soon lead to the indictment of as many as two dozen high-level traffickers. They fear the controversy could rob the agency of the will to pursue the biggest gun-trafficking cases. I am concerned that the lasting effect of this premature and stilted inquiry will be that the citizens of this country ultimately will be less safe as ATF agents will be less inclined to work the hard cases necessary to cut off the head of the snake,” said Paul Pelletier, a former Justice official and the attorney for Newell. “The shame of it is that the careers of these terrific public servants have been unfairly tarnished at the expense of public theater.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-anti-gunrunning-effort-turns-fatally-wrong/2011/07/14/gIQAH5d6YI_print.html


Truthfully, if you love guns more than almost anything, you like seeing the ATF twisting in the wind. On the other hand, if you think gun trafficking needs to be curtailed, you'll wait until the results are in, indictments are issued, and drug cartels are busted along with those who illegally ran guns.