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More on border wars
A few days ago I posted to the FoxNews story, showing the falsity of claims that 85-90% of guns seized in Mexico come from the US (the 85-90% figure only includes those the Mexican government asks ATFE to trace, which logically are guns they already figure came from the US. If all guns seized in Mexico are counted, the percent tracing to the US is only 17%. Even that is misleading, since the public announcements describe them as traced to a US dealer, when any gun ever sold in the US will trace to a dealer (even if it was a completely legit sale years ago, and the gun was stolen from the buyer last month and sold by the thief).
But the refuted narrative lives on. Even in stories where you'd expect someone to ask "how are the cartels getting hand grenades and full autos in the US?"
From the Chicago Tribune:
"An estimated 90 percent of guns used in Mexican crimes were acquired in the U.S., and the illegal flow has begun to include more grenades and other military-style arms."
"According to U.S. law-enforcement officials, about 75 percent of guns that end up in Mexico are bought in the border states of Arizona, California and Texas. Officials say, however, that one significant pipeline feeding eastern Mexico begins in Illinois.
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Law-enforcement officials say the .38 caliber handgun had typically been the weapon of choice for drug traffickers. Now facing an increased Mexican military presence and an arms race among rival gangs, they are turning to weapons such as AK-47 rifles and even grenades."
From the Associated Press:
"The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has traced 95 percent of the weapons seized at the scenes of Mexican drug violence back to the U.S. The weapons are growing in power and include .50-caliber Barrett rifles and ammunition that can pierce the armor of Mexican soldiers and police."
The Economist adds some flights of fancy:
"Mexican police claim that since the ban lapsed in 2004, the cartels have become much more powerfully armed: of 30,000 guns they have seized since December 2006, 15,000 are assault weapons, nearly all bought at the 7,500 or so gun shops on the American side of the border."
At least Eric Holder must have read the FoxNews report, since he's getting evasive on the numbers (albeit avoiding the real figure of 17%). The AFP reports:
"More than 6,400 people have died since the start of last year in drug-related bloodshed in Mexico that experts say is fed by easy access to guns of which some 90 percent are supplied by the United States.
"It almost doesn't matter if it's 60 percent, 70 percent or 90 percent. The reality is that too many weapons are flowing from the United States and into Mexico," said US Attorney General Eric Holder."
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"...Even now, they are triangulating their message, testing it, refining it, and sooner or later, they WILL find a message that sticks.
Our best hope is to stop this NOW with as much force as we can before their machine chooses us as their primary target."
Amen Jim! I hope the NRA brings all its force to bear on this.
Remember Jefferson's words:
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
From the Declaration of Independence - Has anything changed since Tom wrote those words???
Interesting that for all these exported guns (even at 17%), there are no report of actions by the export control agencies regarding the unlicensed export of firearms to Mexico. I can only assume that exported guns with providence in the US were stolen, otherwise some one would be getting prosecuted. Export violations are simpler to prove and can be addressed with administrative or civil fines as well as criminal prosecutions or all three as the evidence is developed. All that is required is that the person knew or should have known the gun was being exported without the proper license.
Really, why have International Traffic in Arms Regulations if we aren't going to use them. Then BATFE can take their sweet time developing a case for improper sales.
Take a look at the amount of licensed gun sellers(in the US) near the borders with Mexico and go figure why bussiness is so good there.
If you Google "Mexican Special Forces" using Google Images you will find several images of Mexican military personnel with literally hundreds of Barrett M82 (or M107) .50 rifles and M16 or M4 rifles.
Likewise using Google Images to search "Mexican police" you'll find lots of images of Mexican police carrying AR15s (M16s or M4s?), probably Colt 6920s or other Colt LE ARs.
The Mexican governments (Federal and states) buy lots of US firearms. Many Mexican cops carry S&W and Ruger pistols.
When these Mexican special operations commandos; Mexican soldiers; and Federal, state and local cops go over to the cartels, with their US-made weapons, where would those weapons trace back to? The US. Hence the recent trace of 300 "assault rifles" back to CT traced back to... maybe Colt Defense?
So, we need to ban the sales of weapons to Mexico by the US Government and ban the purchase of US weapons by Mexican governments (Federal, state and local) "for the children" since the Mexican authorities can't prevent their transfer to the cartels.
Or not. Its all about controlling AMERICANS.
Holder, Napolitano, and Obama don't give a damn about protecting anything or anybody in Mexico. They want to control or silence those of us who don't buy their lies. They'll continue to spout their 90% nonsense until enough people believe it to sway popular opinion over to their side. If the 90% lie is printed in enough newspapers and repeated often enough, the truth won't make any difference.
I strongly believe there is a likelihood that Obama is not legally able to serve as president of the United States because he's not a citizen and was never born here. Any honest man would have put up the paperwork to remove the questions on this matter. This matter involves his birth records, his college records of receiving foreign student aid, and him not registering for the draft. The draft and the birth records have been forged as a number of creditable experts have stated.
Being the above has been stated, and someone/s seemingly has hacked the United States Supreme Court's computers to remove the court from reviewing suits on Obama's birth records. This compounds this matter to new levels that this issue needs to be put out in the open. My hunch is he's not legally entitled to serve and we as a nation can not last out another 3 years 10 months of the madness that is coming from the Hill with the democrats in control of both houses of congress and the white house.
Being said the AG in my books is holding that office under fraud by being picked by an fraudster in the office of president.
We have big problems and the quick fix is to force a showdown on this fraud that happened in our last election.
As I said, no honest man and a man without something to hide would go to such extremes to hide his past.
OK. Time for AP to put their money where there mouth is. (However tempting, there are no unsavory suggestions here!) I publicly call on them to buy the following items from legitimate firearms dealers (as evidenced by pictures of their FFL) and display their purchases for public inspection. 6 live functioning hand grenades (not dummies), and an RPG launcher and at least two live RPG rounds, two real, functioning AK-47s (which means not the semi-auto look-alikes.) AP! Show me!
The reason they call it "Political Science" is because there is a measurable cause-and-effect.
The Left accused Bush and the Neo-cons of a "run-up to war" in Iraq. To a large extent that was true. Every member of the Cabinet was told the message, had to rationalize it through their department and then get that message out. When everyone in the government is on the same page, it's a powerful machine.
If this Administration chooses Gun Control as it's war, there really is very little we will be able to do to stop it. Even now, they are triangulating their message, testing it, refining it, and sooner or later, they WILL find a message that sticks.
Our best hope is to stop this NOW with as much force as we can before their machine chooses us as their primary target.