administration to destroy second amendment rights. i have heard the nra and others frankly within atf i ve heard allege is once this became public instead of doing what some of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have done say we need to get to the bottom of it, there was an effort to pivot towards a larger conversation about gun rights. i listened to it for three or four different committee hearings. they wanted to talk about drug trafficking statutes. all the reality is, the perpetrators in fast and furious could have gotten up to 2,000 years in prison. and unless your name is methusula, you can t serve a 2,000-year prison sentence. i m happy to have a conversation about whether current gun laws are spisht i haven t heard anybody on my side of the aisle say that this was orchestrated to get to this point. have you read the statement issued by the vice president of the nra?