“Czar Kerlikowske’s first major opportunity to promote gun bans may be based on Mexico.
The Mexican government and many of its American media allies are busy blaming American gun owners for the carnage and demanding a host of restrictions on American gun rights: “assault weapons” bans, gun registration, gun-owner licensing, special restrictions on gun shows, gun purchase rationing and so on. Supposedly, these restrictions would prevent guns from being smuggled from the United States into Mexico, supplying firearms for the narcotraficantes. “
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They’re really pushing this excuse! Don’t believe it!
Right off the bat, the premise is wrong. The NAFBPO keeps a good eye on this issue. Here’s an article they sent today about this.
Mexico’s weapons cache stymies tracing
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1102ap_lt_drug_war_weapons.html
[snip]About a third of the guns submitted for tracing in 2007 were sold by licensed U.S. dealers.
In all, the military has 305,424 confiscated weapons locked in vaults, just a fraction of those used by criminals in Mexico, where an offensive by drug cartels against the military has killed more than 10,750 people since December 2006. But each weapon is a clue to how the cartels are getting arms, and possibly to the traffickers that brought them here.
The U.S. has acknowledged that many of the rifles, handguns and ammunition used by the cartels come from its side of the border. Mexican gun laws are strict, especially compared to those in most U.S. border states.
The Mexican government has handed over information to U.S. authorities to trace 12,073 weapons seized in 2008 crimes - particularly on guns from large seizures or notorious crimes.
But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which handles the U.S. investigations, is at the mercy of local Mexican police for the amount and quality of the information.
The Obamanation and his familiars will take advantage of every opportunity to advance their social agenda.
We should too.
Unfortunately, main stream Americans have been abandonded by our only hope at present - the GOP.
Just last night Sean Hannity was interviewing Boehmer on his radio show and Boehmer attributed Obama’s change of heart on prosecutions against those who were involved with endhanced interrogations as due to Obama having had a change of heart.
Hannity more correctly ascribed this to the fact that Pelosi and the other Dems had been briefed and approved and any investigations would have eventually exposed them.
Boehmer like most of the GOP leadership, should NOT be leading the party in 2010 and 2012. They blew it in 2008 and 2006.
Its time for them to go and for new leaders to come forward who will tie the party more closely to its roots - to Reagan and Goldwater.