More evidence of guns pouring into Mexico--from the south

St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 22 April, 2011 | Kurt Hofmann

[marktwain]

Evidence continues to mount that contrary to claims on the part of those who would use Mexican drug war violence to justify heavier gun regulation in the U.S., the civilian gun market in this country is at most a very minor player as a source of the criminals' firepower--at least when the U.S. government isn't abetting the process. When the narco-thugs go shopping for firepower, they go south. The latest confirmation of that comes from McClatchy, in "Drug gangs help themselves to Central American military arsenals":

Crime groups in cahoots with venal army officers are looting military arsenals in Central America, giving them powerful weapons that allow them to outgun police and challenge the region's regular armies.

The weapons run the gamut from assault rifles to anti-tank missiles, some of which the U.S. supplied during regional conflicts more than two decades ago. The slippage from military armories occurs regularly.

And McClatchy isn't asking anyone to take their word for it--they refer skeptical readers to WikiLeaks cables to back up these assertions.

[marktwain]

So, a great deal of weaponry comes from countries other than the U.S. The MSM and the Progressives have been actively undermining the U.S. Constitution for a hundred years. Now we have some tools at our disposal to expose it.

[KoRn]

We should bring our troops home from overseas. Give them a long break, and then invade Mexico and eliminate all of the bad guys. We’ll capture their Northern most 100 miles of land, and build a ‘buffer zone’ of sorts on it.

[Sherman Logan]

venal army officers ... in Central America

A truly classic example of redundancy.

[precisionshootist]

The left does not care about facts. They want to destroy our freedoms. They are the very reason we have a second amendment.

[SwinneySwitch]

“...From Fronteras, where it is noted that the “90%” figure originated with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE):”

[DCBryan1]

Are you guys trying to tell me that Mexican Drug Cartels ARE NOT getting their high explosive (HE) M441/M443 40mm grenades and grenade launchers from American gunshows and federally licensed gun stores?!!!?!!