Gun store owner worried about gun control
WASHINGTON - The backlash over the Fast and Furious scandal continues to heat up.
Democrats and Republicans are trying to lay blame on one another for letting thousands of guns make their way into the hands of drug cartels.
There have been 38,000 people murdered in Mexico.
Democrats blame America's lax gun laws, while Republicans blame the cartels and the Obama administration for helping arm them.
"The federal government certainly aided and abetted gun trafficking, which then may have been the proximate cause of a border agent's death," said Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.
While Democrats believe a majority of the guns came from U.S. gun stores, store owners are firing back.
"I'm not going to risk anyone's life to make $50 extra on a gun," said Apache Junction gun store owner, Jeff Serdy.
In fact - they fear that the Obama administration condoned Fast and Furious as a way to regulate gun sales.
"President Obama stated that he is working for gun control with alternative methods, and I hope this isn't one of them,” Serdy said.
But Democrats call that idea "crazy."
Either way, many seem to support the effort that would require gun stores to report buyers of multiple weapons.
"The administration and ATF say they want multiple long gun sales to be reported - so we can identify these straw purchasers, so we can go after them, so we can prevent these guns from going into Mexico," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D–Calif.
The bickering between both parties is expected to be on full display Dec. 8th, when Attorney General Eric Holder appears before the House Judiciary Committee.
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