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Mexico to ask Senate for registry of US guns
washingtontimes.com ^ | February 19, 2013 | Bryana Johnson

Posted on 02/21/2013 11:26:46 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

In the wake of a tense national clash over the issue of gun control, Mexico has taken an action sure to fan the flames of controversy. In January, the Mexico Permanent Commission reportedly voted to formally ask the United States Senate for a registry of all commercialized firearms in the border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

According to Informador, the proposition was introduced by Senator Marcela Guerra, who stated he introduced the resolution in hopes that it would make it easier to trace guns used in violent crimes. InsightCrime explains,

“Close to 60,000 people were killed during the six-year presidency of Felipe Calderon, who left office in December. The US Southwest is a significant source of weaponry for Mexico’s criminal organizations, who typically purchase firearms from US gun stores via a middleman or ‘straw buyer.’”

Given these facts, it might not seem surprising that the Mexican government is interested in taking action to curb the acquisition of weapons by violent criminals on their side of the border. However, given the recent history of government-initiated gun trafficking on our side, neither is it surprising to hear the comments of enraged gun-owners who feel that the Mexican request is absurd.

“It’s an infringement, on its highest level,” said one Arizona gun-owner interviewed by KPHO TV.

“My first reaction is, I don’t like it,” said another. “In light of what happened, with, you know, all the weapons, the assault weapons, that went over there.”

He was referring to the federal ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms) gun-walking scandal, Fast And Furious, in which US government agents allowed guns to pass into the possession of suspected gun smugglers in order to track them up to high-level Mexican crime rings.

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1 posted on 02/21/2013 11:26:51 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

FK that. You are a different country and are not entitled to know Jack Shiite about our citizens.

FOAD...


2 posted on 02/21/2013 11:30:24 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

They should build a wall to keep the guns out.


3 posted on 02/21/2013 11:30:36 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vendome

Well, maybe they should give us a list of all the trespassers that now live here. Oh, and their addresses too since their relatives get money from them practically every month. What a load of crap. NO f’n way. Comprende?


4 posted on 02/21/2013 11:34:14 PM PST by rktman (Live the oath you took or get out of office!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

FUM.

keep your damn citizens in your own lawless hellhole of a country.


5 posted on 02/21/2013 11:48:11 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

‘No.’ It’s the same in Spanish isn’t it?


6 posted on 02/21/2013 11:49:31 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I guess having a peace treaty dictated to you in your own
capitol does not supply enough humility. We might have to
visit them there again.

The Mexicans need to re-read the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
and then read it again.

It would also be useful to give them a demonstration of what
a few A-10s can do to a column of Taco Tanks and old
Chevy pickups painted in camo.


7 posted on 02/21/2013 11:55:23 PM PST by NeverForgetBataan (I am become Barry... destroyer of wealth)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Wardaddy sez Mexico big cheese need to:

Chupa me la monda


8 posted on 02/21/2013 11:56:40 PM PST by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

You first, Mexico. Let’s see you get a registry of guns from your drug dealers and we’ll see how that goes.


9 posted on 02/22/2013 12:00:06 AM PST by stilloftyhenight (Ted Cruz for POTUS!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The time I seriously give a sh*t what the mexiclowns ask of us is the time I stop pressing 1 for English.


10 posted on 02/22/2013 12:04:00 AM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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"The US Southwest is a significant source of weaponry for Mexico’s criminal organizations, who typically purchase firearms from US gun stores via a middleman or ‘straw buyer."

I don't have the facts on this but on the face of it if I were a criminal looking for tools to assist in my lawless pursuits I wouldn't be buying in US gun stores (not enough firepower), I'd be looking for FA weapons which I could easily obtain from non US sources with money from my pockets made deep by drug money.

But that's just me...if I were a Mexican criminal.
11 posted on 02/22/2013 12:14:07 AM PST by BattleFlag (The right to self defense, one without which none others matter)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Greg Gutfeld had a great response to this. Send them the phone books of Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston.


12 posted on 02/22/2013 12:19:40 AM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: BattleFlag
The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
13 posted on 02/22/2013 12:23:00 AM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Does anyone think the GOP (POS) senators will tell them to take a hike?

I sure wouldn't hold my breath.

14 posted on 02/22/2013 12:56:17 AM PST by SIDENET (I've drawn my line in the sand.)
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To: Vendome

More North American Union bulls#*t!!


15 posted on 02/22/2013 1:31:53 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Si a ellos no les gusta, que se mantengan por alla en su pais. Verdad, no?


16 posted on 02/22/2013 1:33:01 AM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

So, “Fast and Furious”, was found out. Now, the complicit meican gov’t, needs to know all the legal gun owners in the US, just like our own Federals. What a congruency, Mr Holder.


17 posted on 02/22/2013 1:47:26 AM PST by RedHeeler
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18 posted on 02/22/2013 2:01:08 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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As they shall ask you to lay down your weapons they shall be preparing to answer back to you with the crackle of firepower to enslave you and yours. Advise all to take heed fellow countrymen and women. The time is moving quicker than first was thought. Surrender to foreign powers is not an option. Surrender to our government filled with tyrants is not an option to be entertained. The time they shall come and the time in which they have been coming after our safety, security, freedom, and liberty is ongoing and has been since the beginning of time. Hold fast, prepare, do not fire. Watch and wait.

Our God is a Mighty God, He Lives in Heaven and Earth. Our God is a Mighty God. Our God is a Mighty God.

19 posted on 02/22/2013 2:14:20 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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They will go to the UN with support from the regime to start a fire storm with all the criminal nations forcing zero, “yeah right”! to sign us on to the international gun ban treaty. Rust never sleeps and niether does cancer, be strong my friends


20 posted on 02/22/2013 3:54:44 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Lexington and Concord Americans experience thier first gun grab attempt)
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