united states of america. there s this cognitive dissonance in the reporting on this because republicans realize their conspiracy theory about fast and furious sounds crazy in mixed company. as they have tried to mainstream this thing, they have tried to make it sound like at least some of it could be scandal is not about the conspiracy theory at all. they have tried to create a mainstream impression what this could be about is also the federal government allowing inappropriate gun sales to go through and that itself is scandalous. it s about the government not seizing enough guns from people who are trying to buy guns in this country. if that were really the scandal here, you really think the nra would be all for it? you think the nra would be saying, oh, yeah, this is really important to us, that the federal government crack down and block more gun sales. we insist you vote on that. that would be insane. this whole scandal and this whole vote tomorrow is about the conspiracy theory
anything they could do because the purchase of the guns in arizona was seen by prosecutors as legal. as they report, customers can lely buy as many weapons as they want in arizona as long as they re 18 years or older and pass a criminal background check. there are no waiting periods and no need for permits and buyers are allowed to resell the guns. all a buyer in arizona has to do is certify he s buy lg of the guns for himself. certify it. a buyer who certified the guns were for himself then handed them off to somebody else minutes later, had not necessarily lied and was free to change his mind. so in other words, you can walk into an arizona gun shop, buy 11 100 guns, tell the gun shop you re buying them for yourself, then walk into the parking lot and hand them over wrorb you just changed your mind between the store and parking lot.
as a very tough effort to crack down on straw purchasers and seize guns that they were unable to do for an array of reasons. and guns therefore went across the border and reached criminals. katherine eban, fortune magazine reporter, investigative reporter who blew this out of the water before the vote in the house. i m sorry for screwing up your introduction and having a kaufing fit which you have to sit through. thank you. tonight for the interview, massachusetts senate candidate elizabeth warren is here. and best new thing in the world has been dually trumpeted. we did a good thing, it ended up. it ended up being a good thing. that s coming up.
would appear together at the manhattan fund-raiser whether they expect it will be upheld or struck down and millions of americans are going to lose their health insurance, either way, it s strange to think they thought it would be good messaging to put mitt romney with donald trump that day, with the birther guy again. we will see if he follows through with this planned event tomorrow. but also tomorrow, and i think it s not coincidental that it s happening tomorrow, is the day the republican controlled house is going to hold a contempt of congress vote against eric holder. a contempt vote that is based on the conservative conspiracy theory at the obama justice department conspired to secretly foment gun violence in mexico so you would feel bad about gun violence so you wouldn t feel bad when they got on with their plan to abolish the second amendment and take away everybody s guns. this has motivated the whole fast and furious attack on eric holder.
licensed fire arms dealer in maricopa county, there s a firearms dealer who has a note on his door which says one ak-47 per customer per day. those are the limits that are being set by responsible gun dealers. otherwise, it s perfect acceptable for an 18-year-old kid to go into a store, put down cash, and buy 50 ak-47s. to the bottom line here in terms of the way the mainstream media is going to cover this tomorrow. the way this is short-handed by every reputable journalistic association in the country is a program in which agents knowingly let weapons walk. according to your reporting, that fundamental description of this program and therefore this scandal is untrue and people should describe as how? people need to describe this as a very tough effort to crack down on straw purchasers and seize guns that they were unable to do for an array of reasons.