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Editorial. "Obama's bogus gun statistics." Washington Times, 14 April 2009.

Question and Answer Session with George Grayson. "Mexico: Dealing With Drug Violence," washingtonpost.com, 16 April 2009

LaJeunesse, William and Lott, Maxim. "The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S." FOXNews.com, 2 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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