No ulterior motives here.

Fast & Furious was nothing but a simple government operation that wasn't well thought out.  There is absolutely no evidence that it was ever intended to double as a bludgeon against the right of the American people to keep and bear arms.

Umm...or not.

ATF officials didn't intend to publicly disclose their own role in letting Mexican cartels obtain the weapons, but emails show they discussed using the sales, including sales encouraged by ATF, to justify a new gun regulation called "Demand Letter 3". That would require some U.S. gun shops to report the sale of multiple rifles or "long guns." Demand Letter 3 was so named because it would be the third ATF program demanding gun dealers report tracing information.


On July 14, 2010 after ATF headquarters in Washington D.C. received an update on Fast and Furious, ATF Field Ops Assistant Director Mark Chait emailed Bill Newell, ATF's Phoenix Special Agent in Charge of Fast and Furious:


"Bill - can you see if these guns were all purchased from the same (licensed gun dealer) and at one time. We are looking at anecdotal cases to support a demand letter on long gun multiple sales. Thanks."

And, of course, we bitter clingers haven't been telling you this since the damn story broke or anything.  Now that it's on CBS, will you kindly pull your head out and take notice?

(HT the Treehouse)