Mexico has said that illegal gun sales from the United States have armed the drug cartels, who have declared war on each other and on police and army soldiers. Many gun owners in the United States deny this, saying their is no proof. But it's hard to make that argument after the latest arrest by ATF agents.
ATF agents in El Paso have arrested an FBI agent stationed in the city. They are charging him with selling a .50 caliber rifle that wound up in the hands of a cartel. The rifle was used in a 3-hour shootout in Chihuahua, Mexico, that took the life of an Army captain and six cartel members. The FBI agent is also accused of selling two other weapons illegally, and of lying to the ATF about who he sold the weapons to.
It turns out he sold this gun to El Paso deputy Luis Armando Rodriguez, who was also a member of a Juarez motorcycle club known for selling guns. The FBI agent, John T. Shipley, received $8300 for the .50 caliber rifle. He had previously sold another .50 caliber rifle for $11,000 and another gun for $3300.
Since 2006, more than 11,000 people have been killed in Mexico's drug war. Just a couple of days ago, 12 federal police were found shot to death. It's awful hard to deny these guns are coming from the United States when an FBI agent is found to be one of the sellers.
I have no problem with gun ownership in the United States. It is protected by the second amendment to the Constitution. But we have got to get serious about stopping those guns from going south of the border. Mexico has enough problems without our country supplying the criminal element there with high-powered guns.
Many gun owners in the United States deny this, saying their is no proof
ReplyDeletePlease provide a source. That claim is misleading. Gun owners acknowledge that guns are going across the border, but disagree with the rate and amount that subversives to our freedom claim are going over there.
I have no problem with gun ownership in the United States. It is protected by the second amendment to the Constitution.
Changing your position again are you?
Fact is you and your ilk are trying to use problems in Mexico, the demand for weapons to fight a drug war, to usurp the rights of Americans. I haven't seen anything you are anyone else propose that would stop the demand for guns by these cartels. Until that happens nothing is going to change.
I've not changed my position. I've always said the second amendment supports gun ownership by individual citizens.
ReplyDeleteOh, except when it comes to "assault weapons", then your position changes.
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George Bush was a damn fool to remove the assault weapon ban. It worked well in the past and should be re-instituted as soon as possible.
Why the hell do you need an assault weapon? Are you really that bad a shot?
ReplyDeleteWhy the hell do you need to cuss and spew half truths and lies? Oh wait, it is your 1st amendment right, you don't have a need because it is your right and to do what you do is protected.
ReplyDeleteSo when it comes to the 2nd amendment I am required to produce a need to carry out my rights and freedoms?
You sit there and write how much you love freedom, but when one aspect of different freedoms crop up you don't like you throw them under the bus. Don't like what anyone you disagree with says? Label it hate speech and throw the 1st under the bus. Don't like that I and others own firearms that look scary? Throw the 2nd under the bus.
Owning and "assault weapon" isn't a matter of need. A need isn't required to practice a freedom.
However, I do need an "assault rifle" to participate in the shooting competitions I attend that require that type of rifle.
Also, I am an excellent shot.
Sounds like I touched a sore spot.
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