Concerns came early in U.S.-Mexico gun sting, lawmakers say

Concerns came early in U.S.-Mexico gun sting, lawmakers say

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(Reuters) - An Arizona gun dealer balked at continuing to sell weapons in a sting operation meant to track arms flowing to drug cartels in Mexico as early as December 2009, Republican lawmakers said on Monday.

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Here is another must read quote from the story...

They said they have evidence that the dealer was worried about a spike in sales to those reselling the guns to the cartels: a handful of buyers bought 212 guns in a few days.

"According to witnesses, that meeting was for the purpose of convincing the gun dealer to continue selling to the suspects and continue providing information to the ATF despite misgivings caused by the high volume of purchases," Issa and Grassley said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

ATF correspondence released three months ago suggested gun dealers began balking in April 2010, not December 2009.

So in essence... where these responsible gun store owner's went to the ATF and said they were not comfortable.doing as bid... these same law breaking Officials persuaded those worried gun dealers to do as told... I wonder how many were threatened with having their licenses pulled???

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