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May 28th, 2010, 09:55 AM #21
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May 28th, 2010, 03:02 PM #22
Re: Calderon wants US to reinstate assault weapons ban
Calderon wants the AWB reinstated and I want to be rich without having to work for it. Sadly, both Calderon and I will have to remain disappointed that the world doesn't give us something we don't deserve.
Nevermore ...peering from the People's Republic of California
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June 3rd, 2010, 08:00 AM #23
Re: Calderon wants US to reinstate assault weapons ban
here is an article i read this morning that i think is fitting with this topic
http://www.examiner.com/x-2581-St-Lo...the-government
Mexico City newspaper points to source of drug cartels' guns--the government
The fable of the U.S. civilian gun market being responsible for "arming" Mexico's brutal drug cartels has become so deeply entrenched, that to question it is to be labeled a "right wing gun lobby shill." The claimed numbers, though, as National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea points out, have continued to drop, as more light is shed on the actual facts.
Hence, the Brady Campaign's and Violence Policy Center's claims of "95 to 100%" of Mexican "crime guns" coming from the U.S. civilian market first dropped a bit to "over 90%," and now Mexican President Felipe Calderón has settled on 80% (with Brady Campaign backing).
What those who toss these numbers around rarely mention, if not pressed, or under oath, is that whatever the percentage they're currently quoting, that's the percentage of guns submitted to the BATFE for tracing (and successfully traced). We've discussed the fact that Senator John Kerry (D-MA)--no friend to gun owners--admitted once that only about a quarter of the seized guns are ever submitted for BATFE tracing. Go to Mr. Codrea's piece to see the details (here's the link again), especially the National Shooting Sports Foundation's (NSSF) explanation.
Today, let's take a look at a second part of what the NSSF is telling us.
In recent years as many as 150,000 Mexican soldiers, 17,000 last year alone, defected to go work for the drug cartels -- bringing their American-made service-issued firearms with them. It has also been well documented that the drug cartels are illegally smuggling fully automatic firearms, grenades and other weapons into Mexico from South and Central America. Such items are not being purchased at retail firearms stores in the United States.
A percentage of the weapons, the seller said, come from Mexico via Ministry of Defense personnel who provide [them] in part from weapons seized in raids, or stolen from the ministry's own arsenal.
Another of Mr. Codrea's articles took an in-depth look at the U.S. government's (indirect) role in arming the cartels.
If traced by the BATFE, any of the firearms above would return as "originating in the US." Origination in the US clearly does not equate to an origination in the lawful US civilian market. Is it possible that the Mexican government is not making the majority of seized weapons available for BATFE tracing in order to cover corruption?
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