2 gunmen killed outside Mohammed-cartoon contest in Texas

[Little-Acorn]

I feel for the security officer who was injured. I'm glad he wasn't killed, and I hope his wounds heal quickly.

But there is good to be had from this incident, too.

Two hate-filled, fanatical gunmen are dead. They had pulled out guns and started shooting at innocent people (however poorly). People who do that SHOULD be dead. Society and freedom are definitely better off now.

And... a contest for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad?

Now THAT I like. It's never a bad thing to tell thin-skinned nutcases that their nuttiness is not shared by normal people, and that if they don't like it they can always leave, because no one else gives a rat's ass what unimportant thing they are "offended" by.

Classic Texas reaction, and it was very well done.

Finally, the article describes it as "a provocative contest". Nonsense. It was no more "provocative" than a contest for the best cartoon of Barack Obama or Ronald Reagan, or Donald Duck. The only "provoking" here, was not done by the contest. It was done by a few insane nutcases who are now DEAD.

So, when's the next cartoon-of-Mohammed contest? The show must go on! :)

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http://news.yahoo.com/officer-shooting-muhammad-cartoon-contest-texas-005227724.html

City: 2 gunmen killed outside Muhammad cartoon contest

Associated Press
7 minutes ago

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside of a provocative contest for cartoons depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed, authorities in the Dallas suburb of Garland said Sunday night.

The City of Garland said in a statement posted on its Facebook page Sunday night that two men drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center and began shooting at a security officer.

Garland Police Department officers engaged the gunmen, who were both shot and killed, the statement said.

The statement did not say whether the shooting was related to the event. The security officer's injuries were not life-threatening, the city said.

The gunmen's vehicle may contain an "incendiary device," according to the statement. A bomb squad was on the scene, and nearby businesses were evacuated.

The New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative had been hosting a contest at the center that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

[aboutime]

Let's all show our Full Support for anyone who can draw a cartoon of a THUG. And thank the officer for
taking two SCUMBAGS out of our Air-quality FOREVER!

[LongTermGuy]

`Apparently the 10,000 bucks in extra security was money well spent...........

....Kudos to Garland PD....2 shooters are now taking permanent dirt naps and a possible bombing has been prevented.:salute:


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[Kathianne]

I just heard that when the police announced the attendees were in an 'active shooting' they sang, "God Bless America" then prayed for the security guard, then were evacuated by bus to another location.

The security guard was treated and released. Good news that!

[darin]

First - yeah, I suppose its good to have cleansed the gene pool from the terrorists...

Secondly - Stupid conference. Idiotic. Juevenile to say the least, fuck-tarded-ness to say the most.

[Kathianne]

http://spectator.org/articles/62599/garland-texas-theres-some-history-here


Garland, Texas: There’s Some History Here

Behind the attack on Pam Geller and America’s free speech.
By Jeffrey Lord (http://spectator.org/bios/jeffrey-lord) – 5.4.15

Last night a free speech event in Garland, Texas was attacked. As this is written, two suspects are dead. One security guard was shot and released from the hospital after treatment for a minor wound.

The event, the “Mohammed Art Exhibit and Contest,” was reported here (http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/05/03/officer-and-two-suspects-down-in-gunfight-at-islamic-cartoon-contest-in-texas-possible-explosives-found/) by Breitbart and here (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150503-breaking-gunfire-reported-at-anti-islam-event-at-garland-isd-facility.ece) by the Dallas Morning News. It was sponsored by Pamela Geller of the American Freedom Defense Initiative and featured keynote speaker Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician and free speech advocate. Both were safe, with Geller finally contacted by Fox News where she was interviewed by anchor Kelly Wright.


The AFDI event was proceeded by another gathering in the same venue — the Curtis Culwell Center — in January. That event? It was titled the “Stand with the Prophet” rally, and was reported here (http://freebeacon.com/issues/muslim-leaders-to-hold-stand-with-the-prophet-rally-in-texas/) as follows by the Washington Free beacon. Wrote the Free Beacon:

Muslim leaders from across America will gather in Texas this weekend to hold the annual Stand With the Prophet in Honor and Respect conference, a weekend forum that is being billed as a “movement to defend Prophet Muhammad, his person, and his message,” according to event information.
The Saturday event, which seeks to combat “Islamophobes in America” who have turned the Islamic Prophet Muhammad “into an object of hate,” according to organizers, comes just a week after radicalized Islamists in France killed 17 people.


The victims died in events that began with the shooting attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo for its satirical cartoons that skewered the prophet.


Organizers of the event place the blame for Islam’s bad reputation on the media and so-called American Islamophobes who have “invested at least $160 million dollars to attack our Prophet and Islam,” according (http://www.soundvision.com/events/dfw/) to the conference web page.


Keynote speakers at the event will include Georgetown University professor John Esposito, founding director of the school’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, which has come under fire for, among other things, hosting (http://freebeacon.com/issues/georgetown-university-hosts-911-truther/) 9/11 Truthers and a member of Egypt’s Nazi Party.

Also scheduled to attend the forum is controversial New York-based Imam Siraj Wahhaj, who was an “unindicted co-conspirator (http://nypost.com/2009/11/12/1993-wtc-plotter-in-mike-meet/)” in the 1993 World Trade Center bombings trial. Wahhaj has called the FBI and CIA the “real terrorists” and expressed a desire for all Americans to become Muslim, according to the New York Post.

...

Sunday night, the AFDI counter-event was held. In the same place. The event was described (http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/02/11/10000-muhammad-art-and-cartoon-contest-to-be-held-at-site-of-stand-with-the-prophet-conference-in-texas/) as follows by Breitbart:



Pamela Geller is planning a “Draw the Prophet” event in Garland, Texas in the same location as a Muslim group held a “Stand with the Prophet” conference in January. The First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest will be hosted by the Curtis Caldwell Center, which is owned and operated by the Garland Independent School District.



And up pulled a vehicle with two gun-wielding men, both now dead at the hands of the Garland police. Police were investigating whether there was a bomb in their vehicle, thus far with none found.

Contacted amid the chaos by Fox News, among other things Geller noted what one would think is the obvious: “A free speech conference is not controversial, shooting people is controversial…” As she also pointed out, that when the image of Jesus Christ on the cross is immersed in a jar of urine and presented as “art” in America — no one seeks to kill the artist.


Exactly.


It is impossible to look at this shooting as anything else than an attempt on Ms. Geller’s life and that of Geert Wilders, the founder of the Dutch Party for Freedom that has won seats in the Dutch parliament. As the attack unfolded, Geller said, audience members stood and sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.”


Question? Is this America anymore? Or is this now to be government by lynch mob? Whether in Baltimore or Garland, Texas?


And what will President Obama say? Will he stand up for the free speech of Americans? Not with some mealy mouthed if-this-than-that attempt at moral relativity — but with flat out, stand-up support for the Constitution and the right of free speech? News reports say the Garland police were prepared in case this kind of thing happened — but the question really should be: Why should police or anyone else have to prepare for a murderous assault on a free speech event?


The “Stand With the Prophet” rally participants had a right to hold their rally — just as the people of Baltimore had a right to peacefully protest the death of Freddie Gray. But no one has the right to burn and loot private property, much less to attack a peaceful event with the intent of killing the participants — in this case targeting Pam Geller and Geert Wilders.


When reached last night by Fox Pam Gellers said something else: “This is our most basic right…. [Now] this is a war… it’s here. It’s not Paris, it’s not Copenhagen — it’s Texas.”

And so it is. The question now is whether the American people — and the President of the United States — will sit by quietly and not speak out.

[Kathianne]

ISIS?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3066779/Police-officer-suspect-said-injured-shooting-outside-art-anti-Muslim-exhibition-art-depicting-prophet-Muhammad.html


Former terror suspect well known to the FBI is named as one of two gunmen shot dead by cops after attack on anti-Islam 'draw Muhammad' art contest near Dallas


Two suspects were gunned down after shooting a guard in the leg outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland

The American Freedom Defense Initiative event had offered a $10,000 prize for the best caricature of the prophet

The FBI named one of the gunmen as Elton Simpson, who was convicted of lying to federal agents about traveling to Africa five years ago - but a judge ruled it could not be proved that he was going to join a terror group

Simpson's Phoenix, Arizona home has been surrounded and a bomb squad is carrying out a search

Reports suggest the pair were carrying explosives as they approached the building in the Dallas suburb

Garland Mayor Douglas Athas said the second suspect was shot as he turned to reach for his backpack

ISIS fighter claimed on Twitter that the shooting was carried out by two pro-ISIS individuals


By WILLS ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Wills+Robinson+For+Dailymail.com) and TED THORNHILL FOR MAILONLINE (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Ted+Thornhill+for+MailOnline)
PUBLISHED: 19:39 EST, 3 May 2015 | UPDATED: 06:30 EST, 4 May 2015

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I feel for the security officer who was injured. I'm glad he wasn't killed, and I hope his wounds heal quickly.

But there is good to be had from this incident, too.

Two hate-filled, fanatical gunmen are dead. They had pulled out guns and started shooting at innocent people (however poorly). People who do that SHOULD be dead. Society and freedom are definitely better off now.

And... a contest for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad?

Now THAT I like. It's never a bad thing to tell thin-skinned nutcases that their nuttiness is not shared by normal people, and that if they don't like it they can always leave, because no one else gives a rat's ass what unimportant thing they are "offended" by.

Classic Texas reaction, and it was very well done.

Finally, the article describes it as "a provocative contest". Nonsense. It was no more "provocative" than a contest for the best cartoon of Barack Obama or Ronald Reagan, or Donald Duck. The only "provoking" here, was not done by the contest. It was done by a few insane nutcases who are now DEAD.

So, when's the next cartoon-of-Mohammed contest? The show must go on! :)

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http://news.yahoo.com/officer-shooting-muhammad-cartoon-contest-texas-005227724.html

City: 2 gunmen killed outside Muhammad cartoon contest

Associated Press
7 minutes ago

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside of a provocative contest for cartoons depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed, authorities in the Dallas suburb of Garland said Sunday night.

The City of Garland said in a statement posted on its Facebook page Sunday night that two men drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center and began shooting at a security officer.

Garland Police Department officers engaged the gunmen, who were both shot and killed, the statement said.

The statement did not say whether the shooting was related to the event. The security officer's injuries were not life-threatening, the city said.

The gunmen's vehicle may contain an "incendiary device," according to the statement. A bomb squad was on the scene, and nearby businesses were evacuated.

The New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative had been hosting a contest at the center that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Where are all the Hindu, Christian , Buddhist crazed gunmen/bombers? You know, the ones that are "misinterpreting" their religion and murdering , raping , bombing , cutting off heads, stoning , etc.
Seems only the pervert mohamboy's followers are too stupid to follow their own religion correctly.
Thats the rub folks, when they murder in any thought to be defense of Islam--they are completely in accordance with the commands of Islam!-Tyr

[LongTermGuy]

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[Gunny]

First - yeah, I suppose its good to have cleansed the gene pool from the terrorists...

Secondly - Stupid conference. Idiotic. Juevenile to say the least, fuck-tarded-ness to say the most.

Sorry, but I have to applaud anyone doing anything to go against the PC climate, stupid or not.

[Gunny]

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Hmmm... Christianity did the same thing.

My problem is not with THAT. We apparently grew up. These boneheads haven't.

[Perianne]

NBC's tweet on it?

http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CEIkS92UIAAD-wl-550x497.jpg

Typical liberal crap.

[Perianne]

I feel for the security officer who was injured. I'm glad he wasn't killed, and I hope his wounds heal quickly.

But there is good to be had from this incident, too.

Two hate-filled, fanatical gunmen are dead....

I love stories with happy endings.

[Perianne]

http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-04-at-11.02.24-AM.png




When armed terrorists attacked Charlie Hebdo headquarters over Muhammad cartoons on January 7, unarmed police officers were forced to flee for their lives. When armed men attacked people gathered in Garland, Texas, on May 3 over Prophet Muhammad cartoons, armed police cut them down — and the Daily Mail reported (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3066779/Police-officer-suspect-said-injured-shooting-outside-art-anti-Muslim-exhibition-art-depicting-prophet-Muhammad.html) that the body of one was left lying the street while police searched for explosives.


The difference between Garland and Paris can be summed up in one word: guns.



http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/05/03/guns-the-difference-between-garland-and-paris/

[Gunny]

I love stories with happy endings.

It's okay to be a member of Westboro Baptist Church and rail against veterans, but it isn't okay to call blacks "Black" and ragheads "ragheads". No double standard there. It's like "our" President and his followers love to hate anything that is us, but will support idiots.

[LongTermGuy]

Hmmm... Christianity did the same thing.

My problem is not with THAT. We apparently grew up. These boneheads haven't.


......At that "time period"...Christianity wanted to stop the cancer of islam and refused to submit.....Then Christianity and other religions evolved.....The cult of islam remains the same and is spreading like a virus...

[hjmick]

First - yeah, I suppose its good to have cleansed the gene pool from the terrorists...

Secondly - Stupid conference. Idiotic. Juevenile to say the least, fuck-tarded-ness to say the most.


Pretty much. It was an event that could Justas well have been billed "Who wants to be a dick?"

While I fully support the First Amendment, this event was not about that. It was about pushing buttons and provoking people. That the AFDI and Pamela Geller chose to have the event anywhere other than her home town speaks volumes. I am not suggesting that Mohammed should be off limits, but I see no point in events such as this and I also find the outrage and violence expressed by followers of Islam over the depiction of Mohammed ludicrous.


I see many people support this event and the AFDI. Did you also support the Piss Christ? What about burning the American flag? Did you support the depiction of the Virgin Mary using elephant dung and pornographic clippings? All expressions of free speech...

[Gunny]

......At that "time period"...Christianity wanted to stop the cancer of islam and refused to submit.....Then Christianity and other religions evolved.....The cult of islam remains the same and is spreading like a virus...

It ain't quite like that. You got the end result right.

The Inquisitions had NOTHING to do with Islam.

[LongTermGuy]

It ain't quite like that. You got the end result right.

The Inquisitions had NOTHING to do with Islam.


***********
`Christianity has `evolved`...all religions have..*only the cult of islam has not...*don't know why you brought up `the past` (ancient history) (everything has changed) except... Islam...which has always been a cancer...even today...

`The Crusades And The Inquisition: A Christian Perspective`
Interesting read...

"What aout the Inquisition?" Again, some <nobr>historical context (http://www.jesustheboss.com/crusades.html#)</nobr> is needed. The <nobr>Spanish Inquisition (http://www.jesustheboss.com/crusades.html#)</nobr> began in the *year A.D. 1223. The Protestant Reformation had not yet taken place - that was still some three hundred years in the future.

`To blame real Christians for the Inquisition is an utter <nobr>distortion (http://www.jesustheboss.com/crusades.html#)</nobr>. We were not involved, except as victims.First, let's put the Crusades in their historical perspective. Our response to the questioner is to ask, "Which Crusade do you have in mind?"

***
*You see, the first Crusade was really undertaken by the Muslims when they captured the Holy Land along with all of Christianity's sacred places. Jerusalem fell to the Muslim hordes under Caliph Omar in A.D. 637, exactly fifteen years after the begining of Islam or the Mohamedan faith.

*The Muslims traveled with the scimitar (the sword), and in many cases, they gave people only two choices: convert or die.

Don't get me wrong; I am not defending the Crusades. Many terrible things were done on both sides, but isn't it interesting that we never hear something like this: "General Douglas MacArthur and the Allied Forces held a crusade against the Philippines and invaded those islands, driving out the people. Many thousands of lives were lost, and much property was destroyed. Terrible, terrible, terrible. He even said he was going to do it when he announced, "I shall return." Remember that?"


The story about the Philippines makes a lot more sense when put into perspective. The Japanese, who were driven out of those islands, had themselves invaded and conquered that land some years before. The United States and the other allies restored the Philippines to their proper owners.

Again, I do not defend the Crusades, but it is only intellectually honest to place them in their historical context. The Christian Crusade was, in historical fact, a response to the Muslim Crusade, but how many times do you ever hear anyone talking about the Muslim Crusade? A little balance is needed for clearer understanding.



Not all of those who claim to be Christian are, those people who killed innocent people during the crusades showed that they were not Christians by their actions. The Inquisition was done by a false religion who killed and tortured millions of real Christians and unbelievers alike.

*Please do not blame Christianity for wolves in sheep's clothing, rather judge it by it's founder Jesus

​http://www.jesustheboss.com/crusades.html

[Kathianne]

Pretty much. It was an event that could Justas well have been billed "Who wants to be a dick?"

While I fully support the First Amendment, this event was not about that. It was about pushing buttons and provoking people. That the AFDI and Pamela Geller chose to have the event anywhere other than her home town speaks volumes. I am not suggesting that Mohammed should be off limits, but I see no point in events such as this and I also find the outrage and violence expressed by followers of Islam over the depiction of Mohammed ludicrous.


I see many people support this event and the AFDI. Did you also support the Piss Christ? What about burning the American flag? Did you support the depiction of the Virgin Mary using elephant dung and pornographic clippings? All expressions of free speech...

The bolded is the rub. Many things are offensive to many people. Not one group should be put ahead of all others, simply because they choose to go violent.

At the same location in Garland last January, there was a 'Stand With the Prophet' meeting, just to shut down the right of others to not respect him.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/18/stand-with-prophet-event-in-texas-draws-thousands-/


‘Stand With Prophet’ event in Texas draws thousands of protesters1993 World Trade Center bombing co-conspirator was scheduled to speak

Thousands of protesters reportedly demonstrated outside of a Muslim conference in Texas Saturday night where an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/world-trade-center/) bombing was scheduled to speak.The “Stand With the Prophet in Honor and Respect” conference, hosted at the Curtis Culwell Center (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/curtis-culwell-center/), in Garland, billed itself (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/12/imam-linked-to-1993-wtc-bombing-to-speak-at-stand-/) as a fundraiser to build a center dedicated to training Muslims in media and teaching them how to combat Islamophobia.
“This is not an event. It is the beginning of a movement. A movement to defend Prophet Muhammad, his person, and his message,” the event website says (http://www.soundvision.com/events/dfw/).
...

[Bilgerat]

Just my opinion, but my favorite drawings at the festival were the two chalk outlines out front on the sidewalk.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

......At that "time period"...Christianity wanted to stop the cancer of islam and refused to submit.....Then Christianity and other religions evolved.....The cult of islam remains the same and is spreading like a virus...



You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to LongTermGuy again

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

The bolded is the rub. Many things are offensive to many people. Not one group should be put ahead of all others, simply because they choose to go violent.

At the same location in Garland last January, there was a 'Stand With the Prophet' meeting, just to shut down the right of others to not respect him.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/18/stand-with-prophet-event-in-texas-draws-thousands-/





At the same location in Garland last January, there was a 'Stand With the Prophet' meeting, just to shut down the right of others to not respect him.


just to shut down the right of others to not respect him.

^^^^^^^ That is the polite way of saying, to make all others have to respect and revere him...
And in that making, kill ALL that do not yield...
Islam is the great threat to the world yet diversionary tactics are being used to stop hundreds of millions more infidels from realizing that truth.
There are two main sects in Islam, each fighting to win out but it doesn't matter the victor because each believes in Islam as the conqueror of the entire world--by any means , with no number of casualties too high !-Tyr

[Gunny]

^^^^^^^ That is the polite way of saying, to make all others have to respect and revere him...
And in that making, kill ALL that do not yield...
Islam is the great threat to the world yet diversionary tactics are being used to stop hundreds of millions more infidels from realizing that truth.
There are two main sects in Islam, each fighting to win out but it doesn't matter the victor because each believes in Islam as the conqueror of the entire world--by any means , with no number of casualties too high !-Tyr

Islam is no worse than Christianity. It's the whack-a-doodles warping it that are the problem. NEITHER sect -- shia or sunni -- are our friends. It's going to take another Pearl Harbor moment before anyone manages to get it. On;y now we have an idiot at the helm that want to hand the enemy some nukes. One can only get so stupid, and it can't be fixed. Thank God for term limits on the presidency.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Islam is no worse than Christianity.

Adamantly disagree with that. - Tyr




It's the whack-a-doodles warping it that are the problem. NEITHER sect -- shia or sunni -- are our friends. It's going to take another Pearl Harbor moment before anyone manages to get it. On;y now we have an idiot at the helm that want to hand the enemy some nukes. One can only get so stupid, and it can't be fixed. Thank God for term limits on the presidency.

Agree but term limits may no suffice in this case as the obama has set up a network to carry on his nation destroying policies long after he is gone-that is , if he ever leaves.
They wanted to make George Washington a King, he being an honorable man refused that slavish stupidity, but the obama can not even spell the word honor. -Tyr



The stain after this bastard leaves aint coming out that easily!--Tyr

[Noir]

Pft, way ahead of them on this, my main themes are minimalism, and blasphemy.
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[Gunny]

Pft, way ahead of them on this, my main themes are minimalism, and blasphemy.
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I'm going to have to actually give you points for that. You're a slimy ass weasel, but as long as you're equal opportunity, I'll at least give you creds for that.

[Perianne]

NBC's tweet on it?

http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CEIkS92UIAAD-wl-550x497.jpg

Typical liberal crap.

Can anyone see the NBC tweet? I inserted the tweet, but it doesn't show on my computer now. I will try again using snaggy:

http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CEIkS92UIAAD-wl-550x497.jpg

[Gunny]

Can anyone see the NBC tweet? I inserted the tweet, but it doesn't show on my computer now. I will try again using snaggy:

http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CEIkS92UIAAD-wl-550x497.jpg

WTF is a tweet? Sounds like something my daughter asked for when her front teeth fell out.

[aboutime]

Can anyone see the NBC tweet? I inserted the tweet, but it doesn't show on my computer now. I will try again using snaggy:

http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CEIkS92UIAAD-wl-550x497.jpg

Perianne. I don't believe Twitter allows you to copy their posts (electronically). That's probably why.

[Kathianne]

One of shooters bought gun in Fast & Furious:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-garland-gun-20150801-story.html#page=1


Assailant in Garland, Texas, attack bought gun in 2010 under Fast and Furious operation By Richard A. Serrano (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-bio-richard-serrano-staff.html#navtype=byline) August 1

Five years before he was shot to death in the failed terrorist attack in Garland, Texas, Nadir Soofi walked into a suburban Phoenix gun shop to buy a 9-millimeter pistol.

At the time, Lone Wolf Trading Co. was known among gun smugglers for selling illegal firearms. And with Soofi's history of misdemeanor drug and assault charges, there was a chance his purchase might raise red flags in the federal screening process.
Inside the store, he fudged some facts on the form required of would-be gun buyers.

What Soofi could not have known was that Lone Wolf was at the center of a federal sting operation known as Fast and Furious, targeting Mexican drug lords and traffickers. The idea of the secret program was to allow Lone Wolf to sell illegal weapons to criminals and straw purchasers, and track the guns back to large smuggling networks and drug cartels.

Soofi's attempt to buy a gun caught the attention of authorities, who slapped a seven-day hold on the transaction, according to his Feb. 24, 2010, firearms transaction record, which was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. Then, for reasons that remain unclear, the hold was lifted after 24 hours, and Soofi got the 9-millimeter.

Instead, federal agents lost track of the weapons and the operation became a fiasco, particularly after several of the missing guns were linked to shootings in Mexico and the 2010 killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Arizona.

As the owner of a small pizzeria, the Dallas-born Soofi, son of a Pakistani American engineer and American nurse, would not have been the primary focus of federal authorities, who back then were looking for smugglers and drug lords.

He is now.

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[NightTrain]

Sounds like Lone Wolf Trading Co. is owned by an agency.

If it were selling illegal firearms without full oversight of the Feds, it would have been shut down in a heartbeat and the owner in jail.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Sounds like Lone Wolf Trading Co. is owned by an agency.

If it were selling illegal firearms without full oversight of the Feds, it would have been shut down in a heartbeat and the owner in jail.
The corrupt obama admin quickly after gaining power corrupted that Fast and Furious gun buying sting program to use it to arm certain groups they planned on using to create greater crime, chaos and disunity in this nation.
The border agent murdered and this just brings attention to a few of their deliberately corrupt activities, the vast majority being still hidden!!!! Sad but true! If people only knew!!!!!!! -Tyr