Handguns - Latest Reports

Pistols
Revolvers
Specialty

Long Guns - Latest Reports

Rifles
Shotguns
Specialty

Special Purpose Guns - Latest Reports

Home Defense
Surplus/Collectible
Law Enforcement
Concealed Carry
Hunting
Recreational
Competitive

Ammo

Accessories

Gun News

Gun Rights
Industry Notes
New Products
Competitive
People

Special Reports

Replacing Missing Firing Pins

Don’t give up if a replacement firing pin is unavailable from your catalog suppliers. Instead, use these tips to solve the problem.

Gun Tests Index 2011-1999

Here are all the items tested in Gun Tests magazine from 2011 back through 1999.

Commentary

Media Matters Doesn't Really Matter

The group Media Matters for America hates NRA. Few organizations have more strongly proclaimed their disdain for our right to keep and bear arms and self-protection, says the NRA-ILA.

Video: What to Do During a Traffic Stop

Lethal Force Institute’s Massad Ayoob gives a lesson on what to do if you are stopped with firearms in your vehicle. These essential tips will teach you how to safely interact with police when carrying a firearm while driving. (3:47).


Gun Reports - News

Gun Reports Home >> News

ATF Responds to News Reports Regarding "Fast and Furious" Personnel

August 18, 2011

Printer Friendly | Email |

(GunReports.com) -- The following statement is from Scot Thomasson, chief, Public Affairs Division, Office of Public and Governmental Affairs, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF):

"Recent media reports have inaccurately characterized personnel changes involving ATF agents associated with the Fast and Furious operation as promotions. Special Agents Voth, Newell and McMahon were laterally transferred from operational positions and moved into administrative roles, they were not promoted. They did not receive salary or grade increases nor did they assume positions with greater responsibility.

On May 13, 2011, Deputy Assistant Director McMahon, Field Operations was reassigned to a position within the Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations back filling a position that had been vacant for over a year. His transfer was one of six other transfers announced on that day involving various other positions.

On August 1, 2011, Special Agent Newell, who had been selected as Country Attache Mexico City, was reassigned to the Office of Management to assist with the OIG investigation and Congressional inquiry.

Furthermore, Special Agent Voth was reassigned to a headquarters position, a lateral move into a program area.

These transfers/reassignments have never been described as promotions in any of the documents announcing them."

digg this reddit submit Newsvine DEL.ICIO.US

Reader Comments

Good way to get these bureaucrats out of the spotlight. It is obvious, after watching the hearings, that a cover-up did indeed exist. Let;s see. Nixon resigned after Watergate cover-up; Liddy and others took the fall and did jail time. Do you think Eric Holder has no Knowledge or Maybe Obama? Blood is on someones' hands for the killing of Officer Terry. Must his death for service to his country be conveniently forgotten with the passage of time? It is imperative that Terry's family gets more than a piece of justice. This is still the USA and this travesty must wind up in a court of law.


An Important Note for GunReports.Com Readers:

Our goal on this website is to foster a free expression of views while reining in language that crosses the line of civil discourse. Accordingly, the comments areas are intended to expand the knowledge of all users of this site. But site administrators wish to discourage the use of profanity, insults, disrespect, the advocacy of lawlessness, violence or sedition, or attempts to impinge on the rights of others.

While GunReports.Com encourages robust discourse that furthers our understanding of all the issues affecting gun owners, comments that break GunReports.Com’s rules will be removed. In addition, we reserve the right to edit or delete individual comments, and in extreme cases, to ban commenters at our discretion.

--Tim Cole
Publisher, GunReports.Com

To post a comment you must be a registered user of gunreports.com and be logged in. Use one of the forms below to login or register for FREE to gunreports.com

Login to gunreports.com

E-mail Address:
Password:
Forgot your password?

Register and Post Comment
*Fields marked with an asterisk are required.

* First Name:
* Last Name:
* E-mail Address:
* Password:
* Retype Password:
* Blog Username:
* Comments:


E-mail me when new comments are posted in this thread?