Stronger Gun Laws, Not More Cops, Are Needed
President Obama should move swiftly on common sense measures to limit the flow of guns and deadly semi-automatic assault weapons that are fueling Mexico’s escalating drug
violence. In his second press conference from the East Wing,
President Obama was asked about the escalating violence along the
border, and he stated:
“Even as [President Calderón] is doing more to deal with the drug cartels sending drugs
into the United States, we need to do more to make sure that illegal
guns and cash aren’t flowing back to these cartels. That’s part of
what’s financing their operations, that’s part of what’s arming them,
that’s what makes them so dangerous. And this is something that we take
very seriously and we’re going to continue to work on diligently in the
months to come.
Although President Obama committed $800 million and supplying additional law enforcement resources to the border, the inconvenient truth is that no amount of money or agents will ultimately quell the violence until the U.S. passes stronger gun laws to cut off the pipeline of weapons flowing into Mexico.
Those
measures include a comprehensive ban on assault weapons, requiring
background checks on all gun sales such as those at gun shows, and
removing the “Tiahrt restrictions” on ATF to permit the release of gun
crime trace data to local law enforcement agencies to clamp down on gun
trafficking.
Those same federal policies would also have a
dramatic impact on reducing gun violence right here in our communities
and states.
“The truth is that there are members of Congress
that say they care about Mexico’s drug-infused violence, but then turn
right around and oppose sensible measures to keep deadly weapons out of
the gun traffickers’ and drug dealers’ hands,” said Sally Slovenski,
Executive Director of Freedom States Alliance. “How can we expect to
solve this threat unless we cut off the supply of weapons heading
south?
“It is imperative that President Obama take a
leadership stand on these issues and fight for stronger gun laws. It is
also time for Congress to put the national security
interests of our country ahead of the profit motive of the gun industry
and the radical agenda of the gun lobby. In helping to limit Mexico’s
violence by enacting comprehensive federal legislation, we can also
have a dramatic impact on gun violence right here in our states and
communities.”
65 House Democrats have already written a letter to
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder telling him and the Administration
not to press for an assault weapons ban despite the horrific violence
in Mexico, the Alabama massacre with an AK-47 that killed 10 Americans,
and the deadly shooting of police officers in Oakland, California last
week.
It’s a telling sign that the gun lobby has a
stranglehold on our government when it comes to guns and why leadership
is desperately needed.
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ATF employees are risking their lives to expose corruption and lies in the agency.
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/phoenix-atf-reportedly-retaliating-against-project-gunwalker-whistleblower
One of the guns they smuggled into Mexico may have been used to kill Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/does-texas-gun-shop-tie-with-project-gunwalker
A gun shop urged by ATF to let questionable and even disqualified buyers buy, and to let them buy many guns at once, which the ATF wants ceased. In other words, to break the law AND the regulation they're trying to impose extralegally to make the ATF look necessary and important.
And to permanently reduce our rights.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/01/sources-timeline-summary-of-atf-project.html
I agree. We can determine who is selling guns to Mexico, and we need gun laws so that, when such people are discovered, the cops we already have will be empowered to kill them.
August 24, 2009 / Richmond Times Dispatch
Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City, N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for the politician’s home county said. The State Bureau of Investigation and Columbus County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the shooting , Gore said. Soles, who was not arrested , declined to discuss the incident Sunday evening. The Senator, who has made a career of being against gun ownership for the general public, didn’t hesitate to defend himself with his own gun when he believed he was in immediate danger and he was the victim. It has prompted some to ask if the Senator believes his life and personal safety is more valuable than yours or mine. But this is to be expected from those who believe they can run our lives, raise our kids , and protect our families better than we can.
The dichotomy between one or the other fails to address the issue.
Guns will still get to Mexico. Stronger gun laws will just make it more difficult on law abiding US Citizens to exercise their 2nd Amendment Right to own and bear arms. And the types of guns being used aren't guns that the "Drug lords" are using. Heck, they use automatic weapons and machetes and Destructive Devices (grenades, etc.) which are difficult for any US Citizen to acquire legally.
More border agents might help cut down the influx of things INTO the US. Such as illegal aliens. And drugs . And, just for fun, "terrorists."
Borders are guarded on BOTH sides of the border. Mexico has a responsibility to keep things from coming INTO their country. They sure aren't doing well in keeping things from coming OUT of their country into the US.
So just who is going to enforce all these new laws???? Barney the purple dinosaur?
What a biased fraud!
The VAST majority of the weapons in Mexico are NOT from the US. A bigger source than the civilian market of those that are from the US which are in the hands of violent folks came US GOVERNMENT. Our Clowns, err politicans, gave them to the corrupt Mexican Government from where they ended up in the hands of the bad guys.
If these emotionally based folks really wanted facts they would simply take a large handfull of cash to Mexico and find out how easy it is but non-serial numbered AKs which came into Mexico across its SOUTHERN border!!! But that does not support their agenda does it?
How can a new gun law prevent anything when the existing ones aren't being enforced? That's the rhetoric of an ignoramous. The only thing that anti-gunners are looking for is total confiscation. Why? They are being bankrolled by some of the nastiest evil-doers on the face of this planet. Who are they? George Soros and others just like him. His name is predominant because he has come forth with his agenda. Look him up and see for yourself. This man, along with people like him, need to be stopped. But back to stronger gun laws . No, wait, that's the only reason why these people are pushing for complete disarmament. Anyone with common sense knows, from the teachings of history and just pure knowledge, that an un-armed society is easy to be enslaved. Just look at all countries that have dictatorships, past and present.
The fact is simple, sensible gun control is needed. BUT It needs to be on the criminal element. I have seen this type of mentality out of big Corporations. Instead of making a solution to tackle a specific problem they would carpet bomb it and alot of innocent people get caught up in it. That's what our politicians are doing. Figure out how to curb gun possession of the criminal element and leave the law abiding citizens alone.Big Problem? Calls for a big solution. Not total eradication of our rights to keep and bear arms. As far as Mexico's gun violence issues. Deal with them. If they need assisstance then help them but a out and out accusation that the US is the source of their problems is just another excuse for the failures of their own government controlling their people.
Thank God we have a strong gun lobby and the NRA to protect the 2nd Amendment and US gun owners against lunatics who would simply disarm our nation and leave us helpless.
There are enough US gun laws - way too many in fact. All they need to do is to enforce the ones that already exist.
Anyone who pays attention to the real facts and common sense would know that disarming law abiding citizens only emboldens the bad guys and increases crime . Just look at the crime statistics in New York and Wash. DC. Highest crime in the nation and their citizens cannot defend themselves. Shame on you people who want to take away the individual right of self defense.
This is yet another example of the US government spinning their own truth to justify their dubious ends. Gun control is the current leadership's goal. Never mind that the laws on the books are already sufficient to stop the guns that travel from the US to Mexico. Never mind that there is no proof of the 90% statistic or anything even close, who cares? Say it enough times and most Americans will believe it.
More Cops and not Stronger Gun Laws, Are Needed.
We need enforcement of existing laws, not new ones, but congress and the white house don't agree. So..let's blow another situation up with fabricated statistics, manufacture the perception of a crisis, and get er done! Yea change!
gun control is an attempt to take our freedom one piece at a time. every state that has concealed firearm laws enabling people to protect themselves and their families, crime rates dropped 20 to 30%. gun control is people control and in violation of our constitution ! anyone espousing gun control is a communist.