" First, this operation began under a previous administration."
No it didn't. Obama admin people and the press keep claiming another operation under the Bush admin was the same as this one. But when Holder was challenged on it he withdrew the claim.
Wide Receiver, the operation under Bush, involved following guns, via tracking devices, that were sold to members of a specific drug cartel. Every move the guns made, including the initial sale, was tracked. The Bush admin notified the Mexican government whenever the guns crossed the border. The ATF shut down the program in 2007 after they discovered the drug cartel people were removing the tracking devices. WR resulted in over 1400 arrests.
Fast and Furious began in 2009, two years after Wide Receiver ended. There was no tracking. There wasn't even surveillance during the sales. Nobody notified the Mexican government. Agents were told not to follow the purchasers. F and F netted 0 arrests.
There are a number of key differences.
1 - WW involved surveillance while F&F didn't.
2 - WW resulted in arrests while F&F didn't.
3 - F&F began after the Bush admin had already labeled WR a failure. The Obama admin had past data, but still tried a similar (but different) program with less surveillance and fewer checks.
The fact that the Obama people undertook F&F after the more secure WR had failed is telling. It's likely Obama Admin's goal was to create gun violence so they could make a case to further restrict gun ownership.
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