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Chock Full O' Agenda: The Wilson Center Mexico Institute Report
It is interesting that this report See the link: PDF. Sorry has been prepared just prior to Congress' lame duck session in which preparations are being made for advancing some of the more odious aspects of our homegrown socialists. The assault rifle ban in the US, with this report, is probably going to be front and center. The report linked has made the national wires in Mexico but is only a matter of days before the US press picks it up. Among other things, from what I can tell from just scanning the report attempts to show how a large percentage (up to 25% now) of weapons seized in Mexico originate from sales in the US including US gun shop and from gun show sales; in other words, from illegal sales of legal weapons. The report also appears to be rhetorically (and maybe even factually) dishonest about gun traffic from the US to Mexico. For example, one part of the report claims that most 40mm grenades found in Mexico are made in the US, as if they are commercially sold for Mexican gang use. The report fails to note 40mm grenades are only available to American security apparatus such as the police and to the military, as are both the launcher attachment to the AR-15 as well as the old M-79 grenade launcher. I suspect the report is also full other other misleading errors and deliberate distortions, the biggest being that all the arms which wind up in Mexico are there because of illegal, not legal activity. If Rantburgers care about their weapons for personal defense as well as for hunting they will hammer hard on the theme in forums and elsewhere that the weapons which are flowing to Mexico, wind up there because if illegal activity and an unmonitored border. Punishing US citizens for the failure of its government is unacceptable. Posted by: badanov 2010-09-11 |
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