>> reporter: fast and furious, as you know, was a federal operation that helped transfer some 2,000 weapons into the hands of criminals. the state wants to know if feds broke any state laws and can they be prosecuted. so yesterday the state initiated their own investigation by appointing a committee of lawmakers who want to know if state gun dealers felt coerced by federal officials into selling guns to buyers they knew to be criminals. in other words, did the u.s. attorney's office and atf agents help facilitate a crime? secondly, what about additional victims injured by these guns? right now we know of two, border agent brian terry, and a state police officer who was shot, but not fatally, by a fast and furious gun. >> there's 1500 guns or more missing, and we don't know where they are. and hopefully, we'll be able to find it. that effects arizona and arizona citizens. >> reporter: now, already the justice department inspector general and congressman darrell issa are investigating fast and