ATF
February 24th, 2022
Bearing arms in self-defense is a human right. It is evident from the ATF’s behavior that, under Joe Biden’s Department of Justice, the agency is hellbent on attacking the Second Amendment through every means at its disposal...
April 22nd, 2014
Deportation of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants has always been and remains a contentious issue. At a time when all liberty loving Texans are concerned with the worrisome growth in federal law enforcement...
October 11th, 2013
As we continue to talk and discuss and debate the issues of the debt ceiling, of the continuing resolution, there are still things taking place in government. Some of them aren’t so good.Just to give a little background,...
May 15th, 2013
Earlier this week, TexasGOPVote reported on the attacks on King Street Patriots and True the Vote by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies under what appears to be a high level coordinated effort to harass...
September 29th, 2011
Today, I responded to reports that firearms traced to the alleged “Fast and Furious” gun-walking operation also turned up along the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso, in addition to Phoenix.Attorney General Holder and Justice...
September 23rd, 2011
Today, I sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding recent resignations and reassignments at ATF following public concerns regarding a Phoenix-based program known as “Fast and Furious,” which intentionally...
August 18th, 2011
Good morning – last night I appeared on The O’Reilly Factor with Laura Ingraham to discuss the ongoing investigation of the ‘Fast and Furious’ gun-walking scandal, reports of a second, Texas-based operation, and the...
May 23rd, 2011
In an exclusive interview with TexasGOPVote, US Representative Ted Poe (R-TX 2nd CD) talks with Bob Price of US Border Watch and TexasGOPVote about a variety of topics including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
February 15th, 2011
News just in from the US Attorney's office in Phoenix about suspects in the US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder. In a statement from US Attorney's spokesman Robbie Sherwood, two suspects have already pled guilty...
February 10th, 2011
As we approach the two month anniversary of the murder of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry serious controversies are coming out of this case. There are questions the family of Brian Terry deserves answers to. Senator...
September 10th, 2021
The Senate has sent a loud, clear, and bipartisan message to President Biden: any nominee to the ATF must respect the Constitution and lawful gun ownership.
October 12th, 2013
An ATF agent, Tom Harm, is being investigated for allegedly using the IRS to target a Kountze, TX pastor, Tony Thornton. Harm, a former IRS agent, was caught on a recording telling Mr. Thornton that he is going to snoop...
September 1st, 2013
Along the border between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service has deployed a new boat dedicated to the memory of slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Terry grew up in...
October 5th, 2011
Tuesday, I called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate whether comments made by Attorney General Eric Holder during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in May 2011 were truthful.
September 28th, 2011
As previously reported by this author, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF, BATFE) have been involved in an ongoing criminal conspiracy covering up the circumstances...
August 30th, 2011
Today, I responded to reports that Kenneth E. Melson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and other Department of Justice officials who oversaw the “Fast and Furious” gun-...
July 12th, 2011
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Monday, criticized the Obama administration’s decision to impose new reporting requirements for gun sales in states along the U.S.-Mexico...
March 16th, 2011
The murder of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and the ATF's bungling of "Project Gunrunner" have finally caught the attention of the mainstream media (MSM) or at least that of CBS News.
February 15th, 2011
See also updated post with subsequent information about this case: US Attorney to deport three suspects in Brian Terry murder, getting witnesses out of town?In the vacuum of information about the murder of Border...
February 7th, 2011
It has been nearly two months since US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was senselessly murdered in the darkness of the Arizona desert by Mexican bandits. Agent Terry was part of an elite BORTAC team assigned to patrol this...