GRE Round Up for March 10

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• ATF Gunwalker Scandal Update

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Central figure in ‘Gunrunner’ controversy refuses to talk to Examiner

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• Motive behind 'Project Gunwalker' needs closer look

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Project Guntalker

Dave Workman writes:

I'll be on Cam & Company tonight at 11:20 eastern/8:20 Pacific

Here.

We're the Only Ones Tripping the Light Fantastic Enough

DA Issues Report on the Eurie Stamps Raid: Cop Who Killed Unarmed, 68-Year-Man Tripped, Accidentally Fired His Gun [More]

Which, in a way, proves the stumbling "Only One" is way more experienced than you or me at this sort of thing...

Making the Grade

If anyone has time, could you look this over and let us know in comments what you think?

I heard about it during a radio interview and it seems like a pretty good idea.  But Gunwalker calls and I don't know when I'll get time to give this site a test drive.

Of Course You Realize This Means War

I know we non-Marxists are the ones being told to tone down the rhetoric, but bring it on. [Read]

Did Anyone Know Anything About This?

Why not?

I see opposition, but I don't recall seeing an alert.  Of course, I've been pretty busy of late...

[Via Michael G]

Holder says ‘gunwalking wrong’

He guesses that's the term? Like this is all new to him?

...Left unsaid is whether stonewalling when people reporting to him have done it is wrong or acceptable. Perhaps we're meant to guess. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report guesses what the Attorney General is up to.

Also tune in to two more interviews and see what objects are in motion up in Oregon.

Project Gunblogger

I've been so busy with "Project Gunwalker" I haven't had time to acknowledge some folks who are doing outstanding work helping spread the story. Here are a few links I encourage you to read and share:

• Douglas Hester: Events are moving quickly in the ATF scandal
• John Richardson: The Washington Post Is Finally Heard From
• ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ: Project “Gunwalker” UPDATED

Deem it self-serving if you like, but it's nice to know that some recognize how this came into being, even if  the "Authorized Journalists" clambering onto the bus we built find it not worth acknowledging.

A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker-Part Two

Examiner.com article character limits preclude adding more updates to the Journalists' Guide to Project Gunwalker. This is a continuation of updates from this column and Sipsey Street Irregulars beginning with March 9, 2011. It includes contributions from regional Gun Rights Examiners. [More]

I guess we're producing more information than they can handle. So this was my workaround.

House Judiciary Committee Republicans want answers from Holder on Gunwalker

“Republicans Want Answers on ATF Gun Trafficking Program,” a news release on the website of Rep. Lamar Smith proclaims. [More]

This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report notes an extremely significant development. Any bets on whether Eric Holder meets the Mar. 18 deadline or stonewalls?

What...? No takers...?

Also catch up on some easy listening.

This Day in History: March 10

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NRA calls for Gunwalker investigations

NRA’s leadership in this effort, and the participation of its membership in supporting this call are essential. Adding their powerful voice to calls from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Gun Owners of America to hold Senate and House hearings increase the likelihood of this happening  to near certainty. [More]

This is good.

NRA News Interviews Grassley

From Dave Workman:

BULLETIN: NRA News will air an interview with Sen. Charles Grassley Wednesday afternoon at 5 p.m. (Eastern / 2 p.m. Pacific). Sen. Grassley is probing the "Project Gunrunner" controversy. www.nranews.com

Great. Now if they'll just put out an alert and get their members to start demanding hearings--including in the House--I'll stop harassing them over this.

Ah, look:

NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox Calls for Expedited Hearings into BATFE Investigative Tactics

Mike has his own way of welcoming them.

Napolitano: "I Know Him Not"

"Did you sign off on this operation, and if so, when?" Grassley asked.

"No," said Napolitano, "this is within the Justice Department."  [More]

Man, the cock didn't even have to crow, did it?

[Via Jim N]

Safer Streets/Liberty News

Longenecker's latest. [Read]

Project Gunwalker ‘becoming a major scandal’

It’s past time mainstream “authorized journalists” stopped parroting the line ATF would like them to follow—certainly Project Gunrunner had catching big players as a goal, but the directed way the specific walking operation devolved leads to a conclusion the mainstream press has yet to explore: that elements within ATF intended guns to be found exactly for the reasons reported by Vanderboegh and me, to score some media success stories, to justify expansion of ATF power and authority, and to help gin up public demand for more “gun control” laws, such as a renewed “assault weapons” ban prematurely floated by Eric Holder two years ago. The anti-gun coalition has been using the Mexican crime gun canard ever since to try and build political support for just such an attempt, resorting to—you guessed it—padding statistics to do it. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the story just keeps growing. But it needs a bit of steering to make sure it grows in the right direction.

Has “Project Gunrunner” Become “Project Gunwalker”?

Editor’s Note: Due to the timely nature of David Codrea’s “Rights Watch” column we have decided to begin running it here on the website first. The stories below will also run in the print edition of GUNS in June and July, respectively. Be sure to check back and read “Rights Watch” here first—while it’s hot. [More]

The magazine has noticed the story picking up steam and decided not to wait for it to hit the newsstands.

Mexican government calls for ‘working group’ to examine gun-walking charges

Congressman Humberto Trevino has estimated the toll of “Project Gunwalker” guns linked to injuries or deaths to date at 150, although his authoritative source for making that claim has, as yet, not been publicly disclosed. Still, with the totality of guns allowed to cross the border and the duration of such operations in question due to stonewalling and deception, the probability that these firearms have been and will continue to be used in crimes of violence on both sides of the border remains high. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a price in blood and a proposed U.S.-Mexico group grope that further drops this mess into Hillary's lap. If you were Holder, would you want to be sitting there?

Also: Read a magazine article before it hits the stands and then walk those guns over to the talk show circuit.

This Day in History: March 9

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BREAKING NEWS: PROJECT GUNWALKER

Two links, hot off the keyboard:

Grassley asks for independent investigation of ATF

CBS: ‘Documents point to ATF gun running since 2008’

And the hits just keep on coming.

Share these links. And join us in banging pots and pans to get every representative to add their name to calls for an investigation and every media outlet to make this their headline story.