{"id":21514,"date":"2010-12-14T17:10:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T21:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21514"},"modified":"2010-12-14T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T21:10:38","slug":"us-guns-vacationing-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21514","title":{"rendered":"US guns vacationing in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROS sent us a link to a series in the Washington Post, “The Hidden Life of Guns<\/a>” that I’ve been following the last few months about US guns purchased legally from gun shops ending up in the Mexican drug wars and nationwide crimes. I’ll admit that the Post did a lot of work uncovering the trails of gun ownership, but it’s all just wheel-spinning.<\/p>\n

Their articles all begin the same way – ominous hints at some nefarious activity by legal gun dealers, tons of firearms making their way to the drug gangs that all lead to the same conclusion. The gun dealers were following all of the laws and doing their due diligence in gun transfers. For example;<\/p>\n

Carter, 76, has operated four Carter’s Country stores in the Houston metropolitan area over the past half-century. In the past two years, more than 115 guns from his stores have been seized by the police and military in Mexico. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And as you read further into the story;<\/p>\n

A high number of traces does not necessarily signal wrongdoing. It could be the result of sales volume, geography or clientele. Carter’s Country, for instance, is the largest independent gun retailer in the region. Most experts and ATF officials agree that the majority of dealers are law-abiding. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, the only conclusion a reader can arrive at is that gun laws need to be tightened. Only a few of the gun dealers who the Post profiles are accused of actual wrong-doing, so like I said, the Post is making the point that laws need to be changed. But, if a gun dealer sells a gun to a qualified buyer, what could possibly be changed? The gun dealer would have to shadow every purchaser to make sure that he doesn’t transfer ownership to an unqualified buyer, wouldn’t he?<\/p>\n

I’m sure the Post would just rather end gun sales and disarm us all, because that has worked so well every where it’s tried. Washington, DC, Detroit, Chicago, the UK, Canada. <\/p>\n

Just wishing guns away doesn’t work. <\/p>\n

Every once in a while, the DC police will have a gun buy-back program and more than thirty years after their hand gun ban, they’ll still collect a couple of thousand guns. <\/p>\n

The Post is committing journalistic jackassery. I don’t think the national Democrats are foolish enough to try to take our guns – but they’re welcome to try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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