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Officers Lose 243 Homeland Security Guns
In a screw up so big it could only be brought to you by the government or a famous athlete, 243 guns were lost by Homeland Security agencies between 2006 and 2008. 179 guns, were lost "because officers did not properly secure them," an inspector general report said. One of the worst examples of carelessness cites a customs officer who left a firearm in an idling vehicle in the parking lot of a convenience store. The vehicle was stolen while the officer was inside. "A local law enforcement officer later recovered the firearm from a suspected gang member and drug smuggler," the report said.
This is yet more proof, as if any more was needed, of government incompetence and stupidity. How can people continue to believe that the government would do a good job running health care, or indeed anything else, in the face of repeated demonstrations to the contrary? For another example, take the stimulus (which btw has largely failed to create jobs). Are we supposed to be happy that 20 new jobs were created in New Jersey, which received 99 million in stimulus dollars, at a cost of approximately 5 million per job? The best defense that our intrepid leaders can muster is, "well, it would have been much worse if we hadn't done anything". Does anyone here honestly believe that the next three years are going to be any better? The Obama administration has failed and we are paying for their failure. The Dems don't understand business and the private sector; they don't understand what actually generates wealth in this country because they themselves are destroyers, not creators, of wealth. The best that can be hopped for is that the people learn a hard lesson these next three years and don't make the mistake of trusting the likes of Nancy Pelosi, who has almost zero business experience, ever again.