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Not to fan any flames of cynicism, but IF the goal was complete and utter chaos, does anybody think a mere 1800 guns would do it? Why would anyone hinge a grand plan on such a meager effort?
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IS NOT and attack against maestro pistolero, I like him and the things he writes... Mostly.
I wonder, as noted above, how many more there would be if the ATF had not been found out.
I wonder how that 70% would have been a little more accurate, if the operation had continued.
I do not think the efforts were meager, just the attempts to cover it up, plan it and pull it off.
I was just out of my teens when Oliver North (Iran/Contra gun running was taking place) was called to testify. The republican White House did a pretty good job of not playing ball. I wonder if they current occupants looked at the job that was done then and decided they would try to cover up along those lines.