Posted on 04/29/2011 7:49:17 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
Not content to pack off millions of miscreants, impoverished or labor-averse citizens to the welcoming, welfare bestowing arms of the United States government, Mexican President Felipe Calderon has decided to hold Americans responsible for his nation’s crime rate as well.
On November 2nd, 2010, Calderon retained the New York law firm of Reid, Collins and Tsai to sue American gun manufacturers and dealers for the reputed massive influx of weapons into the otherwise zephyr-swept, Shangri La of Mexico.
“We seized more than 90,000 weapons…I am talking like 50,000 assault weapons, AR 15 machine guns, more than 8,000 grenades and almost 10 million bullets.” “…The ones we are able to track, most of these are American weapons”, claimed El Presidente to CBS reporter Peter Greenberg.
“…American gun dealers don’t SELL machine guns or grenades seemed to have little effect on ……CBS’s desire to run the story. After all, hasn’t the Washington Post told us that “…Mexican drug cartels…snap up the military-style machine guns available in U.S. gun shops!”
Since 2008, most of the “mainstream” American media has breathlessly reported that 90% of the weapons seized by Mexican authorities from the nation’s most notorious homegrown criminal classes–drug dealers and politicians–had originated in the United States. That this statistic had been fed reporters by the nation’s number one gun grabbers and 2nd amendment haters, Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns, mattered not one whit.
After all, the distinction between a press release and actual news is minimal when the source happens to be as liberal as the journalist.
“….STRATFOR determined that only about 12% of weapons seized in Mexico had originated in the U.S…..
“…..150,000 members of the Mexican military who “…defected to work for the drug cartels, bringing their American…firearms with them.”
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
All they will have to do is put a warning on their guns..” not to be used in the commission of a crime, or transferring illegal drugs “
Grenades? Really. I’d love to get some grenades to play with. Next time I go to the local gun shop I’ll see if I can pick up a dozen or so.
Like most things that are problems, government’s intervention has made it much, much worse that it would have been were it left alone.
First, Mexico should sue the BATFE, which seems to be the largest source of US firearms in Mexico via their Gun Walker scheme.
Second, Calderon is another socialist, so he would do anything to help Obama disarm US citizens.
Third, CBS should ask questions about Gun Walker when speaking with Mexican officials since CBS has given the scandal a modicum of coverage.
I put NOTHING past Obama.
and his henchmen.
I suggest that Calderon close and secure his borders - then everyone will be happy (except for the democraps)
....Sarah Brady relating how President Obama gave his personal assurance that he and his administration were working hard on a gun-control agenda. Brady reported that Obama then told them about advancing the agenda "under the radar."
Since when does a foreign government have standing to sue an American company?
Wish I was the judge this crap comes before!
Sounds mightily contrived....the violence in Mexico is the fault of the US?
Only a so-called “liberal mind” could see any “reason” or “logic” in this certifiable nonsense.
I wonder if any AK47’s showed up in drug hands and, if so, are they sueing Russia as well?
Treaties supercede the US constitution. Look for 0bama to propose a treaty with Mexico that trumps the 2nd amendment.
Sue the Dept of Homeland security and BATF!!!
No, they can't. They can supercede laws, but not the Constitution itself.
We should sue the Mexican GOvernment for not securing their borders!
El presidente is an idiot: AR 15s are NOT machine guns! They are semi-autos.
You can’t get grenades at the gun shop. You have to go to a gun show to get those through the “gunshow grenade loophole”.
Actually, a lot of problems weren't even problems at all till they started poking into it.
Does a bear shit in the woods?
I know! If they're saving all the good stuff for the Mexicans, I want to sue too! I'm going to claim racial discrimination.
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