Comments on: More on the Mexican Gun Canard

By: John H.

John H. — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:06:23 +0000

Eric – unless you mean that we don’t have any factories for machetes, in which case I can’t comment, I can assure you they’re only a stone’s throw away from any rural house. I can walk to a hardware store and buy a machete.

By: Kellene

Kellene — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:45:45 +0000

Phenomenal to hear a clear voice from the media on the true source of these firearms. At last! Perfectly good point, Chris, re: back ordered ammo – absolutely!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:15:53 +0000

Ok this is getting annoying. I have had a 22 pistol on order for over 8 weeks now and still no sign of it arriving yet. The only way you can get a firearm these days is if you buy whats left on the shelves. How the hell are we shipping “thousands” of weapons from the USA when you can’t even get them? Ammo is back ordered for months, AR platforms the same. Come on a little comon sense would tell you that these are coming from the same suppliers as the drugs themselves.
No brainer here, just more BS for the press and the anti-gun loby.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:19:22 +0000

Well, finally someone in the Media is picking up on this.

For the record, US firearms companies do not produce RPGs, which as strictly Soviet era weapons produces by former Soviet states and not used by the US Military. ‘Machine guns’ are covered by the Firearms Control Act of 1934 that outlawed the civilian ownership of automatic weapons. I believe this also covered grenades. And yes, fully automatic weapons may only be owned by US citizens that have special Federal permits, the weapon’s serial numbers and ownership is registered with the BATFE, and locations are audited.

Look, if you were a Mexican Narco Terrorist, which would you prefer? A fully automatic AK47 for about $200, or a semi-automatic from the US for about $1,000? An M16 knock off from Brazil for $150, or a match grade AR15 semi-automatic for $1500?

As the writer suggests, these weapons are coming into Mexico not from the US, but from the International Black Market. Don’t forget they also buy armored vehicles, full sized machine guns that are operated by 3 – 5 men (called team manned weapons) and possibly even helicopters, but not gunships (yet).

Oh, and they also use alot of machetes and switchblades. Neither of which are even produced in the US anymore.