More anti-gun media BS... US guns in Mexico

[gosparx]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/26/gun.smuggling/index.html

[acolytes]

Why doesn't the Cartel just buy out the cops instead of getting into firefights with them? We all know the policia in mexico are always more then willing to accept cash donations to turn the a blind eye. This article reminds me of the b.s. here. The government blaming their inabilities to control crime on guns.

[dfletcher]

"The same routes that are being used to traffic drugs north -- and the same organizations that have control over those routes -- are the same organizations that bring the money and the cash proceeds south as well as the guns and the ammunition," says Bill Newell, a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives."

I for one am shocked that the same folks who violate our laws (and risk lives) to earn a profit are doing the same on their return route to Mexico. Shocked I say!

[deleted by PC police]

Love the picture of the belt fed 50cal. Like your average joe can just go buy a machine gun that will accept that.

[tyrist]

but guns are banned in mexico. how can there be such wreckless use of firearms on police officers if they are banned......

Mexico is the biggest arguement against gun control. Just puts all the power in the hands of crimminals.

[30Cal]

I would have thought that 3rd world politics and crime problems would be a significant contributor to their cartel issues.

[Fantasma]

Why doesn't the Cartel just buy out the cops instead of getting into firefights with them?

There is cops that can be bought, and then there is cops that cannot be bought. The loyal ones are killed....

[Dr Rockso]

You know what would fix this problem, Mexico? Not being whiney about letting us secure our own goddamn borders.

[tombinghamthegreat]

Well if the drug war was ended there would not be so much violence. Think about it, the US spends 4 times more on illegal drugs than education per year. With that much money floating around the drug cartels could actually build a conventional army which to some extent they have. The media is crying wolf with guns since the supreme court case is going in our favor.

[Omega13device]

Officers in Mexico lack heavy firepower, he says. With the presence of large-caliber weapons from the United States, drug cartels and criminals have the advantage in what he says is basically a war.

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Last year Mexican police confiscated 10,000 guns and $200 million in raids aimed at cracking down on border violence.

So the police there lack firepower, and yet they confiscated 10,000 guns and $200 million in just a year? Maybe I am stating the obvious...if these confiscated weapons are so deadly, why don't the police use them against the bad guys?

[ohsmily]

Your post is new and interesting

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=93269

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=93251

[gosparx]

Your post is new and interesting

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=93269

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...ad.php?t=93251

Your sarcasm is witty and sharp and much appreciated... well, maybe not. Besides it's misdirected.

If you check the time stamps... this is the first post regarding this article... the two other threads you pointed to were posted later.

Regardless... is there some kind of orgasmic rush I am unaware of from being able to type 'dupe' or post our little friend here??

I understand the need to focus lines of discussion and point out preexisting threads but people really seem to get off being able to say DUPE

[dixieD]

Why doesn't Mexico ask for a wall?

[Saigon1965]

Why doesn't the Cartel just buy out the cops instead of getting into firefights with them? We all know the policia in mexico are always more then willing to accept cash donations to turn the a blind eye. This article reminds me of the b.s. here. The government blaming their inabilities to control crime on guns.

Problem with this is that there are some cops down there that actually do their job.