Obama Administration's Gun "Walking" to Push Gun Control

It's no secret that Obama and most Democrats wish they could overturn the 2nd Amendment- right to bear arms. Therefore, it's also no wonder that we are now finding out that Obama's own Justice Department may have used a program called "Fast and Furious" to "walk" legally purchased assault rifles over the border of Mexico and into the hands of the drug cartels in a "staged" attempt to make a case for strict gun controls. (Click here to read the CBS News report: "Documents: ATF used "Fast and Furious" to make the case for gun regulations")

Right now, Attorney General Eric Holder is on the hot seat. Congressional hearings are trying to determine just how high up. in the Justice Department. the "Fast and Furious" program received its authorization. Increasingly, it's looking like Holder was well aware of it -- if not actually authorizing it. At the same time, one has to wonder if Obama, himself, was somewhat involved. I say this because the President, nearly 2-1/2 years ago, used a phoney statistic in an attempt to pump up support for an assault weapons ban. In his April 2009 press conference with Mexico's President Calderone, Obama and Calderone both stated that 90% of the weapons being used by the Mexican drug cartel's came from the U.S.

But this was a statistic that was both taken out of context and embellished. In 2008, Mexico had confiscated more than 30,000 firearms from captured and killed criminals and drug cartel members. Of that, approximately 7200 of those weapons were suspected to have come into Mexico from the United States and they were returned to law enforcement officials in this country in order to determine their true country of origin. Of those 7200, only 4000 had enough of their serial numbers left in tact so that they could actually be traced. Consequently, of that 4000, only 3480 of them or 87% of the 4000 were traceable back to the U.S. Now, for what has to be political convenience, officials in this country have rounded that 87% to 90%. However, that still left more than 26,500 of the original 30,000 that didn't come into Mexico from this country. In reality, only about 12% were from the U.S. Not 90%. (Click here to read this report from the prestigious Stratfor Global Intelligence group: "Mexico's Gun Supply and the 90 Percent Myth")

Now, I ask you: If a President is willing to lie about a number in an attempt to gain support for gun control, what else would he be willing to do?