Ok, 1st the weapons that are being sold from the states are mainly AK47 and AR15 "type" SEMI AUTO, not FULL AUTO and not ASSAULT weapons. That being said, yes there weapons that are going south, but not in the #'s they have in the past, and they are NOT FULL AUTO ASSAULT WEAPONS, just SEMI AUTO LEGAL WEAPONS...And that is because, The drug cartels have moved past the civilian weapons and into MILITARY weapons from all over the world. They now have upped their arms cache, now using hand grenades, grenade launchers, armor-piercing ammo and antitank rockets and launchers fragment grenades and full auto pistols that are not even available in the US. Some of these weapons are coming directly from european manufactures, some with countries of origin stamped on them, some with no markings at all which would indicate they are "knockoffs" of the real deal, made cheaply in factories over seas in asia and russia and italy. The bigger drug cartels are laughing at what the liberals call "assault weapons" (the AK's and AR type) because they have moved past them...onto the REAL THING!!!!!
As for the need to get weapons from the US because of so-called "strong anti gun ownership laws in Mexico", give me a break, gun ownership has been a way of life in mexico forever and while illegal, most gun laws are ignored and it hasn't changed a bit, the everyday citizens are for the most part armed and carry regularly. Those that can afford it, have very nice caches of very nice guns including "full auto weapons", weapons that WE AMERICANS CAN NOT BUY WITHOUT A SPECIAL TAX STAMP, CLASS 3 FIREARMS PERMIT AND A BACKGROUND CHECK THAT NOT MANY CAN PASS, the avg gun dealer does not have a class 3 permit, and the chances of you buying a class 3 full auto weapon at a gun show are slim to none...
Now you don't have to take my word for it, here is and article from the LA TIMES, that goes right to the fact , that while yes guns are going to Mexico from the US, it isn't the full auto military weapons the drug cartels are using...what they are getting here are fully LEGAL weapons that are legal to have and sell here.
Mexico's Drug War: Mexico drug cartels’ new weaponry means war - Los Angeles Times
MEXICO UNDER SIEGEDrug cartels' new weaponry means war
By Ken Ellingwood and Tracy Wilkinson
March 15, 2009
Reporting from Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and Mexico City -- It was a brazen assault, not just because it targeted the city's police station, but for the choice of weapon: grenades.
The Feb. 21 attack on police headquarters in coastal Zihuatanejo, which injured four people, fit a disturbing trend of Mexico's drug wars. Traffickers have escalated their arms race, acquiring military-grade weapons, including hand grenades, grenade launchers, armor-piercing munitions and antitank rockets with firepower far beyond the assault rifles and pistols that have dominated their arsenals.
Most of these weapons are being smuggled from Central American countries or by sea, eluding U.S. and Mexican monitors who are focused on the smuggling of semiauto- matic and conventional weapons purchased from dealers in the U.S. border states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Finish the whole article at the link above. Also within the full article is a list for the weapons that have been recovered in mexico that CAN NOT BE BOUGHT in the US....BY anyone....
And just for giggles, here is another from the Latin American News:
Mexico Arrests Cartel Hit Man in Execution of Army General
Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexico Arrests Cartel Hit Man in Execution of Army General
MEXICO CITY -- A rogue ex-soldier and presumed head of a group of Gulf cartel enforcers in the Mexican resort city of Cancun has been arrested on charges he ordered the killing of retired Gen. Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñones and 10 other military men, officials said.
In the operation, the Mexican army also seized 23 assault rifles, 20 handguns, 23 grenades, two grenade launchers, a rocket launcher, cartridges and ammunition clips, $42,000 worth of cash, six vehicles and radio equipment.
You can read the whole article at the link provided above
Hmm after you read the whole article you get a picture of alot of CURRENT and EX-MEXICIAN MILITARY persomel using military weapons to do the killings........hmmmm, you mean the military is involved it the drug cartels? Well we all know that military trained people would want a good SEMI AUTO AK or AR type weapon Vs. a FULLY AUTO WEAPON.........rightttt
And since they found VEHICLES (probably SUV's) , think we should outlaw the manufacture of all SUV's also!?!? Wait, Barry wants to do that anyhow...these guys will soon be driving Prisis all over in mexico!!
Now I don't know about any of you gun guys here, but I have been in gun stores out west, NM, Ari, Tx, Okla, Neb, just to name a few and i am not talking about 1 or 2 shops, I buy ammo all over whenever I can, and I have NEVER seen a ARMED military hand grenade, or grenade launcher for sales, even face to face behind the local 7-11 at 2 am under a street light.........You and no one else is buying military grade weapons from gun shop owners or manufactures in the US....sorry, it ain't happening..but this liberal Brady bunch B/S is nothing new, we just have a new weasel in Eric Holder feeding a New improved Kool-aid for the liberal gun haters to drink...from Barry, Oh and hilliary said that the US was the problem with the drugs coming out of mexico, with our "habit" that we BUY all those Mexican drugs, looks like they want to get the US anyway they can, blame the US, they are easy targets..........
As for the Police killings, blame CALIF., Oakland is a hole the needs leveled and given a fresh start with a strong face of firepower and the crime rate will go down. But then you have the state Gov about ready to let thousands out of the state prisons because they can't afford to keep them open an liberl judges say that they can only be at 955 of capacity.......good luck with that...something tells me alot of liberal gun haters are a family member being beat , raped, assaulted or murdered by a street thug away from being a gun owner.........
Oh and 1 more from a Gun Owners point of view that lived in Mexico until recently:
You and I Can't Buy the Guns Mexican Cartels OwnThe Administration is Not Dealing Straight With Us on Mexico's Gun Problem
Ralph Weller
March 1 2009
Mexico Cartels Don't Buy Assault Weapons from U.S.
Let's set things straight right up front. Yes, some guns are being smuggled into Mexico from the U.S. Most are handguns. But, handguns are being illegally trafficked from state to state and from the U.S. to Canada. It should come as no surprise that guns are smuggled into Mexico. But, the problem being portrayed by the U.S. media and our government is not as it seems. You see, Mexico doesn't allow ownership of most firearms, so ordinary Mexican people seeking self-protection will find a way to get them into Mexico. As for the drug cartels operating in the border towns along the U.S., they have other sources for their weapons and have become the prime supplier within Mexico.......
Finish the article at the link shown above.