tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post4757221981267961871..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: Indictment At Center Of Operation Fast And FuriousJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-79575979844040879962011-03-11T11:16:18.269-05:002011-03-11T11:16:18.269-05:00I wouldn't be so sure the NICS people were in ...I wouldn't be so sure the NICS people were in on it. First of all, each individual sale for 1 or many guns generates only 1 NICS check and all they're told besides the ID info is if it's long or handgun but not the number involved.<br /><br />Second, by law they're not supposed exceed their ambit of checking individual transactions, they're required to destroy the data in due course. And even if they were/are continuing to ignore that, it would require some slightly or even more clever analysis to detect this pattern (depends on how many sales mules were used). And they'd still not have much of an idea about the total firearms sold.ThatWouldBeTellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910231314995266781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-85834266396818698962011-03-10T17:05:45.744-05:002011-03-10T17:05:45.744-05:00@kayak - Encouragement come in all forms including...@kayak - Encouragement come in all forms including threats. I don't doubt that coercion was used to get the FFL's to go along with those sales. No dealer who wanted to stay in business would sell 40 AK-47s to a Hispanic male unless he was forced to do so.John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-43054667154183593562011-03-10T14:32:54.632-05:002011-03-10T14:32:54.632-05:00"permission (and encouragement) of ATF"...."permission (and encouragement) of ATF". Call me pessimistic, but I've been assuming threats were involved. Reading the internal memos I've seen posted on the net leads me to believe they would not say "can you please help us mister gun store owner".ww_kayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795024545863669236noreply@blogger.com