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Darrell Issa: “Well, we are. And there are similarities. These were known straw buyers that were not intercepted or stopped. And…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2012
Well, we are. And there are similarities. These were known straw buyers that were not intercepted or stopped. And ultimately, gun walking, everyone has a different definition. But when you let weapons go from the control of a federally licensed gun dealer to a straw purchaser to an intermediary and ultimately to the scene of a crime, if you don't interdict that immediately and/or follow the weapons and interdict it before you lose control, you're gun walking, and clearly, that appears to have happened in Texas.
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California
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Darrell Issa expresses concern about similarities between the Fast and Furious operation in Arizona and the situation in Texas regarding gun purchases.

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