Dennis Marks Scary Gun Nuttery Has Him Buying Loony Rush Limbaugh Fast & Furious Conspiracy Theory

Extreme (non-gun-owning) gun nut Dennis Marks (AKA dmarks) buys into the laughable Fast and Furious conspiracy theory that that says guns were deliberately allowed to cross the border into Mexico (straw purchased here in the US where guns are easy to obtain, then smuggled across the border to Mexico where private gun ownership is highly restricted) in a scheme "to create violence in Mexico, which in turn would be pointed to by the Obama administration as the justification for more restrictive gun laws".

Rightwing radio commentator Rush Limbaugh cites this conspiracy theory on his program, referring to it as a "premeditated attack on the Second Amendment"... and Dennis (despite previously representing himself as a Rush critic who thinks it laughable to say "I heard it on Rush Limbaugh"), in a recent comment he submitted to the "Libertas and Latte" gun nut blog, recites this theory just about perfectly.

Dennis Marks: As for the terrible gun-running scheme to Mexican drug lords, it was all Obama's decision, started 9 months into his administration. People died as a result. Which is quite obvious: when you supply guns to killer criminals, that might happen. (6/19/2015 AT 10:20am via the blog Libertas And Latte).

So, he leaves off the part about this being a ruse to attack the 2nd amendment. Maybe he just forgot all the details he heard while listening to Rush? Whatever the reason he forgets that portion, it wasn't "all Obama's decision" at all.

Fast and Furious was plotted at the top, proclaimed Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, "so they can stick more gun legislation on honest American gun owners". ... [However] what the documents and testimony showed was that Fast and Furious originated with field agents... in Phoenix — not in the White House — and the tactic was first used under President George W. Bush. (Gun Nuts in a Rut by Timothy Egan. NYT Opinionater 12/1/2011).

(Note: Under the gwb administration the program was called Operation Wide Receiver).

So, it's lies from Rush and also Wayne that Dennis is in agreement with? Even though the truth is that the ATF "did not intentionally allow illegal guns to pass into the hands of criminals. Rather, it tracked people illegally buying and trafficking weapons, but was unable to arrest them because of the country's loose gun laws - laws advocated by the NRA". (Fast And Furious Conspiracy Theory Pushed By GOP Lawmakers).

OK, so while "the stated goal of allowing these purchases was to continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels, with the expectation that this would lead to their arrests and the dismantling of the cartels" the ATF agents in question f*cked up because "no means were employed to track either the firearms or the traffickers once they left the United States". (Wikipedia/ATF gunwalking scandal).

But again, contrary to what Rush, Wayne and Dennis say... nothing at all relating to "Fast and Furious" was "all Obama's decision". ATF field agents in Phoenix acted independently and this only came to the attention of Obama (and Holder) after the scandal broke.

But this is common knowledge outside of far-Right conspiracy theory circles. Circles Dennis says he is not a participant in. But Dennis clearly lies. And, in regards to Dennis buying into this conspiracy... all I can say is "wow". I mean, I knew Dennis was seriously getting into gun nuttery (although he continues to say he does not own a gun), but this takes the cake.

Buying into this Rush-peddled nutty conspiracy theory - along with his recent declaration that the gun nut perversion of the 2nd amendment (removal of "well regulated") is what makes America great - shows his conversion to hardcore gun nut is complete. How long before he purchases a gun and shoots someone while claiming self-defense, I wonder?

See also: The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal by Katherine Eban. Fortune 6/27/2012.

TADM #68. See also SWTD #292