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- Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:16 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: As Mexico drug violence runs rampant, U.S. guns tied to crim
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Re: As Mexico drug violence runs rampant, U.S. guns tied to
I have no doubt that most of the weapons used by the drug cartels were made in the USA. What I doubt is that the majority were purchased from dealers or bought face-to-face in the US. Here is an interesting factoid that I noticed on a National Geographic program called "Border Wars". They showed an M16 that they said was made in the US. Attached to it was a grenade launcher. The camera zoomed in on the grenade launcher and, sure enough, it said "Made in USA". Now, we all know that functional grenade launchers are classified as "Destructive Devices" by BATFE, and, thus, are tightly controlled in the US. Right next to the "Made in USA" marking was another marking that had been obscured by a big blob of white paint. Anybody want to bet that marking was either a Mexican military or police stamp? I am certain that it was. To my mind the pipeline for arms to Mexico goes like this: 1. Mexican government buys arms for their military and police from US companies. 2) Some of those arms are then stolen from the Mexican government by corrupt military and police officials and sold to the cartels. And, lawful gun owners in the US get blamed by the media. Any comments?