I still dont understand why you think an investigation should not be broad enough to address the larger issue -- weak laws and limited resources.
Or why Issa shouldnt begin any investigation by revealing the details of the briefing he received on the program last year and explain why he didnt object.
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But problems highlighted by the so-called Fast and Furious investigation, which enabled at least 195 guns to cross into Mexico, point to what U.S. authorities say is a broader enforcement crisis. Their efforts to stop drug cartels from smuggling thousands of firearms into Mexico each year are handcuffed, they say, by a debilitating lack of resources and an absence of statutes to outlaw gun trafficking.
Without a targeted federal gun trafficking law, prosecutors are forced to rely on other statutes that agents and prosecutors say are difficult to enforce and riddled with loopholes.
Chief among them: a frequently used law against lying on the ATF’s Form 4473 at a gun shop – especially in claiming the buyer is purchasing for himself, rather than someone else. But court decisions have made this “straw buyer” charge difficult to prove and judges often don’t take it seriously.
http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/04/01...ay-atf-backers
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But I know when the subject of weak laws is raised, the typical response from the right is "just another backhand attempt to weaken the 2nd amendment rights of law abiding citizens. We cant have that!"
Carry on with your one-side crusade for justice or more accurately your obsession to "get Holder" rather than address the issues that could make a difference in gun trafficking on the border.