Of Arms and the Law

Navigation
About Me
Contact Me
Archives
XML Feed
Home


Law Review Articles
Firearm Owner's Protection Act
Armed Citizens, Citizen Armies
2nd Amendment & Historiography
The Lecture Notes of St. George Tucker
Original Popular Understanding of the 14th Amendment
Originalism and its Tools


2nd Amendment Discussions

1982 Senate Judiciary Comm. Report
2004 Dept of Justice Report
US v. Emerson (5th Cir. 2001)

Click here to join the NRA (or renew your membership) online! Special discount: annual membership $25 (reg. $35) for a great magazine and benefits.

Recommended Websites
Ammo.com, deals on ammunition
Scopesfield: rifle scope guide
Ohioans for Concealed Carry
Clean Up ATF (heartburn for headquarters)
Concealed Carry Today
Knives Infinity, blades of all types
Buckeye Firearms Association
NFA Owners' Association
Leatherman Multi-tools And Knives
The Nuge Board
Dave Kopel
Steve Halbrook
Gunblog community
Dave Hardy
Bardwell's NFA Page
2nd Amendment Documentary
Clayton Cramer
Constitutional Classics
Law Reviews
NRA news online
Sporting Outdoors blog
Blogroll
Instapundit
Upland Feathers
Instapunk
Volokh Conspiracy
Alphecca
Gun Rights
Gun Trust Lawyer NFA blog
The Big Bore Chronicles
Good for the Country
Knife Rights.org
Geeks with Guns
Hugh Hewitt
How Appealing
Moorewatch
Moorelies
The Price of Liberty
Search
Email Subscription
Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

 

Credits
Powered by Movable Type 6.8.8
Site Design by Sekimori

« Primer tests | Main | Kalashnikov Museum »

Comparison of Bush era gunwalker with Obama era gunwalker

Posted by David Hardy · 9 October 2011 10:11 PM

Story here. Bottom line: the 2006 Operation Operation Wide Receiver tried to use radio locator devices in the rifles, tracked by aircraft. They found the plan didn't work. The antennae of the radio locators had to be folded up to fit, shortening their range, the smugglers ate up time until the aircraft had to refuel. Upon discovering that it wasn't working, the Operation was canceled in 2007.

There are still some unanswered questions such as why the transmitters and couldn't have been modified with more space for the antenna a batteries, and the leaks don't tell us whether the guns would have been interdicted. But the bottom line was the operation was canceled, leaving the question of why Operation Fast and Furious was begun a few years later, sans (with a few exceptions) radio locators.

· BATFE

1 Comment | Leave a comment

deadcenter | October 11, 2011 8:33 PM | Reply

I suspect the purchasers during Op. Wide Receiver, knew 1) the guns were being tracked electronically, 2) the refueling schedule of the aircraft, 3) the approximate battery life of the tracking devices, and 4) the names of every agent and agent-in-charge, and US Attorney involved in the operation. Okay, I'm making up number 4.

Leave a comment