Gun Used in Paris Terrorist Attacks Came from Phoenix, AZ

A similar AK was recovered in Germany in 2012.
An AK similar to this one was used in the 2015 Paris terror attack.
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- One of the guns used in the November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks came from Phoenix, Arizona where the Obama administration allowed criminals to buy thousands of weapons illegally in a deadly and futile “gun-walking” operation known as “Fast and Furious.”

A Report of Investigation (ROI) filed by a case agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) tracked the gun used in the Paris attacks to a Phoenix gun owner who sold it illegally, “off book,” Judicial Watch’s law enforcement sources confirm.

Federal agents tracing the firearm also found the Phoenix gun owner to be in possession of an unregistered fully automatic weapon, according to law enforcement officials with firsthand knowledge of the investigation.

The investigative follow up of the Paris weapon consisted of tracking a paper trail using a 4473 form, which documents a gun’s ownership history by, among other things, using serial numbers.

The Phoenix gun owner that the weapon was traced back to was found to have at least two federal firearms violations—for selling one weapon illegally and possessing an unregistered automatic—but no enforcement or prosecutorial action was taken against the individual.

Instead, ATF leaders went out of their way to keep the information under the radar and ensure that the gun owner’s identity was “kept quiet,” according to law enforcement sources involved with the case.

“Agents were told, in the process of taking the fully auto, not to anger the seller to prevent him from going public,” a veteran law enforcement official told Judicial Watch.

It’s not clear if the agency, which is responsible for cracking down on the illegal use and trafficking of firearms, did this because the individual was involved in the Fast and Furious gun-running scheme. An ATF spokesman, Corey Ray, at the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters told Judicial Watch that “no firearms used in the Paris attacks have been traced” by the agency. When asked about the ROI report linking the weapon used in Paris to Phoenix, Ray said “I’m not familiar with the report you’re referencing.” Judicial Watch also tried contacting the Phoenix ATF office, but multiple calls were not returned.

The ATF ran the Fast and Furious experiment and actually allowed criminals, “straw purchasers,” working for Mexican drug cartels to buy weapons at federally licensed firearms dealers in Phoenix and allowed the guns to be “walked”—possessed without any knowledge of their whereabouts.

The government lost track of most of the weapons and many have been used to murder hundreds of innocent people as well as a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry, in Arizona. A mainstream newspaper reported that a Muslim terrorist who planned to murder attendees of a Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas last year bought a 9-millimeter pistol at a Phoenix gun shop that participated in the ATF’s Fast and Furious program despite drug and assault charges that should have raised red flags.

Judicial Watch has thoroughly investigated Fast and Furious and has sued the Obama administration for information about the once-secret operation.

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hippybiker

I have a good friend of mine who was a Mexican Federal Police Officer. His only problem was, he was and is honest. He would not take “The Mordita.”(little touch). So, his own people gunned him down, but he survived. That’s Mexico, and if the powers that be have their way, it will be that way here. And, for a real ironic twist, his identity was stolen by an illegal alien from Guatamala.

Jim Macklin

Why would a dealer making an illegal sale bother with a 4473 form? With 75 million AK rifles manufactured in Europe and Asia, why would they smuggle a civilian semiauto AK out of the USA and into Europe? The whole story seems to be just another obama plot to justify more restrictions on FFLs. Fast and Furious was not intended to track guns used by the Mexican cartels. It was intended to show the retail FFLs were a supplier of guns to the Mexican cartels. In order to do that a gun had to be left at the crime scene… Read more »

jim

Does this keep the BATFE “necessary and pertinent”? or does it suggest that there is no need for this branch of LE? I’m going to go with the latter as it seems they are not engaged in LE but rather in political chicanery.

Randy

Death Toll rises with “Fast and Furious” debacle another Policy Fail by Obama. Sadly, the Whistle Blower is shamed and the rest go Free. We have thousands of Dead People.

Lloyd

I’m no fan of Ofuckus, but Fast & Furious started under Bush so report accurately or you just defeat our battle for our Rights. Provide date of purchase to substantiate a claim it’s just Obama/Holder as I find Bush/Cheney as just as accountable for letting the operation start in the first place. Tar and feather them all!!!!!!!

Murphy

Makes POTUS / Holder + DOJ , all accessory to MURDER !!! Am I Right ?

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