Posted on 10/15/2009 4:32:06 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
MEXICO CITY — The United States should reinstate a Clinton-era ban on assault weapons to prevent such guns from reaching Mexican drug cartels, former officials from both countries said in a report released Tuesday.
The group, which includes two former U.S. ambassadors to Mexico, also said the U.S. should do more to stop the smuggling of firearms and ammunition into Mexico by stepping up investigations of gun dealers and more strictly regulating gun shows.
The Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border listed the assault weapons ban as a step the U.S. should take immediately to improve security in both countries. The 10-year ban expired in 2004.
"Improving our efforts ... will weaken the drug cartels and disrupt their illegal activities, and make it easier ultimately to dismantle and destroy them," said Robert Bonner, co-chairman of the group and former head of both the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Customs and Border Protection agency.
U.S. and Mexican officials say drug cartels frequently use assault rifles, which are banned in Mexico but easily purchased in the United States.
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Someone needs to send these clowns a copy of the US Constitution.
Lol......I guess the used the guns to chop off heads too?
They could build a fence to prevent such guns from reaching Mexican drug cartels, but that would be too obvious.
Just when Kalashnikov futures were tanking...
I’d tell them to go for it...
Watch what happens...
Molon labe!
strictly regulating gun shows.
how much more regulations can there be. how about having national guard armed on the border and shot those trying to cross. I will volunteer.
We can buy assault rifles?
Then why am I stuck with a 16” AR instead of an M4?
Evidently, there are many things that I don’t know...
Look at it this way...
When push comes to shove...
I’ll trust a few million M4-geries (AR’s) against any number of fools with those anyday...
Remember, 300 stood against 1 million, and did pretty darn good if you ask me...
This is so blatantly, transparently IGNORANT that it should be filed under “Ludicrous Liberal Lies”.
The American people are getting fully fed up with hearing this kind of garbage. To see this comes from google should surprise no one.
And, those two former US Ambassadors to Mexico? Must have been drinking the water, IMO...
Yeah but those 300 were MEN. Not metro sexual pansie ass punks our schools are turning out.
“Someone needs to send these clowns a copy of the US Constitution.”
I agree. Along with a note: “No way, Jose’!”
Recent article says you really don’t want an M4. Jammed in firefight.
Although heavy, my trunk gun is an M1A shorty. ;)
Mexican army and cops must be badly trained. They are equipped with full auto weapons and they are outgunned by druglord troops equipped with American semi auto weapons??!!!!
Mexico Seizes Hundreds of Drug-Cartel Weapons in Record RaidFriday, November 07, 2008
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican army on Friday announced that it has made the largest seizure of drug-cartel weapons in Mexico's history.
The cache of 540 rifles, 165 grenades, 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 14 sticks of TNT were seized on Thursday at a house in the city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, Mexican Assistant Attorney General Marisela Morales said.
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The Statists just can’t help themselves, they always feel the need to control people – up to and including their right to defend themselves.
True...
But I have to hope that for every one of us, we are influencing, and instilling a kid growing up to learn and to understand what sacrifice and patriotism really means...
I’m not so sure its going to be the pansies we’ll be up against in the long run...
Where? I must be missing all the good gun shows!
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