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Statement of William Newell before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, March 24, 2009.

Transcript: "Joint press conference with President Barack Obama
and President Felipe Calderón of Mexico"  The White House 16 Apr 2009.

Statement of William Hoover and Anthony Placido before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crimes and Drugs concerning Law Enforcement Responses to Mexican Drug Cartels, 17 March 2009.

Statement of William Hoover before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, 7 Feb. 2008.

Leinwand, Donna. "Authorities try to keep guns from drug cartels." USA Today, 11 Dec. 2008.

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Panel I of a Joint Hearing of the Crimes and Drugs Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Commitee and the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on the subject of Law Enforcement Responses to Mexican Drug Cartels, 17 March 2009.

"U.S., Mexican Officials Meet On Border Security." National Public Radio, 3 April 2009.

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  • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 11/19/2009 9:59:01 AM

    The Maersk Alabama just had it's second encounter with pirates, and THIS TIME the crew had guns and could repel the offenders MEANINGFULLY. This time the Maersk Alabama continued on to it's destination...
    Over one million times per year amerivcan citizens successfully defend themselves with guns. This could be reduced if American liberals would would help responsible law makers keep violent criminals in the USA in jail!.
    Mexican leaders should try to guage how well the US ban on semi-automatic firearms WORKED to reduce crime while it was law. ( NOT AT ALL-- which is why it is no longer law!). It's not a loop-hole IN the law. But a loop-hole in the criminal's thinking restrictions DO NOT ADRESS! And a Liberal view that the violent criminal should be free to live among his intended victims!

  • Posted By: AMMO17 @ 07/30/2009 9:19:25 AM

    I AM GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT A PERSON THAT WAS IN IRAQ,HE WAS A BRITISH COP WHO WAS THERE TO TEACH THE IRAQI POLICE RECRUITS,WHEN HE SAW THE ARTICLE ABOUT ALL THE GUNS GOING WERE COMING FROM THE USA ,HE TOLD US THAT THEY ARE DOING THE SAME AS THE IRAQI RECRUITS.THE USA WOULD GIVE THEM UNIFORMS,POLICE CARS AND GUNS AND AMMUNITION.A FEW DAYS LATER THE CAR WOULD BE STRIPPED OF ALL POLICE MARKINGS,AND WAS NOW A TAXI CAB. WHAT ABOUT THE GUNS AND UNIFORMS WHERE DID THEY GO,HIS ANSWER WAS THEY SOLD THEM TO THE REBELS. SO ANYBODY WITH A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION KNOWS THAT THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN CORRUPT SINCE SPAIN INVADED THE COUNTRY IN THE FIFTEEN AND SIXTHTEEN CENTURY,IF THE PROBLEM IS TOO BIG BLAME THE USA WE ARE GULLIBLE.

  • Posted By: gabotech @ 06/27/2009 2:50:19 PM

    Yes they are all wrong, it is not 90 percent, the real amount is 89.99999 percent. Now it turns out that all these guns are comming from Guatemala and Belice, surely they produce a lot more guns in Central America than in the US. Please.....

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