Tag: kingpins

The Elusive Search for “Mr. Kingpin”

The LA Times reports that the ATF Director is expected to resign over the “Fast and Furious” gun program. It sure does seem a little strange for law enforcement to watch guns being sold to criminals and not acting. The operation marked a rare instance in which ATF agents allowed guns to “walk” into the…
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Police “kill Colombian drug lord”

These kind of headlines, this one from the BBC, always crack me up… and make me sad. Why? Do you feel safer? This guy’s death won’t mean shit. Some other drug lord will take his place. I nominate his second-in-command. I mean, really… Does anybody think that killing some bad guy is going to win…
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