GOP obsession with Fast and Furious based on wacky conspiracy theory hatched by gun fanatics - Herkimer, NY - The Times

GOP obsession with Fast and Furious based on wacky conspiracy theory hatched by gun fanatics

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By Pat Cunningham

One of the more comical manifestations of Obamaphobia has been the emergence of a theory that was voiced this past winter by National Rifle Association President Wayne LaPierre.

As I put it when I posted a VIDEO CLIP of LaPierre’s remarks in February, he “says the fact that President Obama hasn’t done anything to offend gun owners in his first term is proof that he’s conspiring to seize their weapons from under their bedpillows in his second term.”

The irony here is that the Obama administration actually has expanded gun rights, allowing, for example, firearms to be carried in national parks and on ...

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