the nazi roots of the gun control act of 1968

[bitter clinging swiftie]

Mexico has strict gun control..........how safe is that place

They're having a war with the drug cartels, dear. Their L.E. and government is also one of the most corrupt anywhere.
And although we hear little about it on this side of the border, Mexico has a BIG problem with all the guns coming into Mexico from ..... the United States.

yeah....from the obama justice department, who deliberately let guns cross the border in order to drum up support for infringement.

 

[skookerasbil]

meh........nobody cares about gun control. Last time it was this unpopular was the late 50's. Across the country, DUMS are discussing taking it off their platforms.........prolific loser in swing districts. I say.....go.............go!!

 

[bitter clinging swiftie]

meh........nobody cares about gun control. Last time it was this unpopular was the late 50's. Across the country, DUMS are discussing taking it off their platforms.........prolific loser in swing districts. I say.....go.............go!!

well, yes and no....recent CT, OR, WA and a few other states have passed infringment laws

 

[OldLady]

Mexico has strict gun control..........how safe is that place

They're having a war with the drug cartels, dear. Their L.E. and government is also one of the most corrupt anywhere.
And although we hear little about it on this side of the border, Mexico has a BIG problem with all the guns coming into Mexico from ..... the United States.

yeah....from the obama justice department, who deliberately let guns cross the border in order to drum up support for infringement.

Oh please. Fast and Furious 2010 Hundreds of guns got into bad hands--actually, they knew they were going into bad hands.

U.S. gun-tracing operation let firearms into criminal hands
A federal operation aimed at tracing weapons to Mexican drug cartels lost track of hundreds, including two guns found at the scene of a Border Patrol agent's killing in Arizona.
March 03, 2011|By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times

A federal operation that allowed weapons from the U.S. to pass into the hands of suspected gun smugglers so they could be traced to the higher echelons of Mexican drug cartels has lost track of hundreds of firearms, many of which have been linked to crimes, including the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in December.

The investigation, known as Operation Fast and Furious, was conducted even though U.S. authorities suspected that some of the weapons might be used in crimes, according to a variety of federal agents who voiced anguished objections to the operation.

Many of the weapons have spread across the most violence-torn states in Mexico, with at least 195 linked to some form of crime or law enforcement action, according to documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity and The Times.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which ran the operation, said that 1,765 guns were sold to suspected smugglers during a 15-month period of the investigation. Of those, 797 were recovered on both sides of the border, including 195 in Mexico after they were used in crimes, collected during arrests or intercepted through other law enforcement operations.

A 2015 report shows 2,000 guns PER DAY are entering Mexico from the U.S. And it's not the government doing it.

A new study suggests the number of guns trafficked from the United States to Mexico is higher than previously believed, underscoring the uncertainty that surrounds the cross-border weapons trade, as well as its impact on violence in Mexico.

According to a recent report (pdf) on arms trafficking by Mexico's governmental research service, known as the CESOP, an estimated 2,000 weapons illegally enter Mexico from the United States every day. The report says 85 percent of the approximately 15 million weapons that were in circulation in Mexico in 2012 were illegal.

The report -- which is based largely on numerous international studies and reports -- highlights the large number of cheap military and assault-style weapons available in the United States, in addition to lax US gun laws, as the main reasons for the high number of arms smuggled into Mexico. Some 40 percent of firearms used by drug traffickers in Mexico come from Texas alone, the report stated.
2000 Illegal Weapons Cross US-Mexico Border Per Day: Report