Posted on 06/02/2010 1:58:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Laredo police say they made one of their largest weapons seizures in years after pulling over a truck laden with brand new assault rifles, bayonets and ammunition that they believe was headed to Mexico.
The seizure Saturday afternoon came less then two weeks after Mexican President Felipe Calderon asked Congress to help stem the flow of guns from the U.S. into Mexico.
Acting on a tip from the Webb County Sheriff's Office, Laredo police stopped a vehicle containing 175 brand-new, boxed assault rifles, 200 high-capacity magazines, 53 bayonets and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. One of the two men in the vehicle tried to flee, but was apprehended, said Laredo Police Investigator Joe Baeza...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating the seizure, but Baeza said the presumption is the vehicle was heading to Mexico.
"Two Joe Blows aren't going to buy a bunch of weapons and it stops there," Baeza said. "We're pretty positive it was headed to Mexico." He declined to release the names of the two men in custody...
Baeza said the seizure hit home in the context of Calderon's recent visit to Washington, during which he suggested the U.S. reinstate its ban on the sale of assault rifles.
Mexico has long complained that its violent drug war was fueled in large part by weapons smuggled across the border...
"I fully respect, I admire the American Constitution and I understand that the purpose of the Second Amendment is to guarantee good American citizens the ability to defend themselves and their nation," Calderon said to a joint session of Congress during his May visit. "But believe me, many of these guns are not going to honest American hands."...
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Firearm-related False Flag Ping!
What? I always buy 150-200 of the exact same rifle when I go to the gun store!
I would have thought they'd allow them to cross fully into Mexico and then arrest them, then there'd be no way they could deny their intent. If this is for real and not a screenplay.
He could then turn them over to the army, to be resold back to the cartels.
Perpetual motion, keeping them too busy to shoot Federales.
It’s not *us* they are trying to convince.
This is all preparation for international control of our guns/lives.
No problem at all. Good luck during your last few days...
I have no doubt.
It’s a lot of rifles. I couldn’t get my hands on that many of them from my primary suppliers. If I split the order among five of them, I’d probably get them within a month, but it would raise a lot of eyebrows and cost over $150,000. If they were cheap ARs or AKs, they’d cost a lot less, but still over $85,000. The ammo is ten cases, which is do-able, but it’s another couple thousand dollars. The mags are worth about another $1,000.
Whoever staked these guys had a lot of cash.
...and banning them works, because bad guys will obey the law.
Wait... never mind.
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