Comments on: Mexican Drug Cartels Binge on American Bullets

By: jackson

jackson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:24:41 +0000

No matter how posible it is to actually build a full auto rifle from parts her in the US through mail order, than bring the rifle across the border, it is still cheaper and still much less trouble to aquire Czec, Chinese, Egyptian full auto rifles, or rifles from South American countries! Any of these foreign distributers will sell a cartel 5 guns for what it would cost to ileegally build a rifle from parts here in the US, and with much less trouble! The only reason the cartels would still choose to build an illegal full auto or purchase a leagal semi-auto rifle in the US probably are being paid to do so by individuals in our system who want to wreak havoc on our second amendment rights! As for ammo buyouts, you should not be allowed to drive, have healthcare or an education without being a US citizen. And we should inspect vehicles going south as well as vehicles going north! No you can’t pose limits on qty of ammo purchased per individual as many of us high power target shooters and off time police sharpshooters need lots of ammo per purchase as they shoot a lot to hone their skills!!!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:20:47 +0000

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:17:27 +0000

Mexican Cartels are also enjoying the reloading hobby, because components are hard to find.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:34:56 +0000

Wonder how they are missing this?

MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Drug cartels’ new weaponry means war
By Ken Ellingwood and Tracy Wilkinson

“These groups appear to be taking advantage of a robust global black market and porous borders, especially between Mexico and Guatemala. Some of the weapons are left over from the wars that the United States helped fight in Central America, U.S. officials said.

“There is an arms race between the cartels,” said Alberto Islas, a security consultant who advises the Mexican government. “One group gets rocket-propelled grenades, the other has to have them.”"

By: rosignol

rosignol — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:01:00 +0000

Oh, and it’s not just ‘near the border’. Ammo sales are up everywhere and in just about every caliber.

The author is demonstrating a severe case of confirmation bias- he’s found data that supports his premise (ammo sales are up near the border!), and is ignoring the data that suggests his premise is wrong (…ammo sales are up everywhere else, too!).

By: rosignol

rosignol — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:57:39 +0000

What’s going on, why is everybody on an ammo buying binge?

We’ve got a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate, and a Democratic President from Chicago.

These guys view the 2nd A as obsolete. The Heller decision was a setback, but they’ll find a way around it, and a lot of people are thinking they might try to impose a substantial tax on ammunition. So they’re stocking up now.

By: oldsgt

oldsgt — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:17:29 +0000

these gun control nuts and news reporter are full of b.s about 10% of these guns come out of the u.s most of the gun are coming in the back door of mixico like ak 47, rpg 7, russia made hand grenades this out of stockpils of guns and ammunition back in the cold war times. out of cuba , nicaragua, honduras, they need money too and will sale these war toys anyone who has the bucks and the u.s intell- know this and military know it too, the news need to tell the truth about the backdoor blackmarket to the drug cartel

By: SteveM

SteveM — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:37:14 +0000

If we had an actual border in this country we would not need to worry about people from Mexico coming up here, buying cases of ammo, and driving back to Mexico.

But for some reason Mr Bensman point-blank refuses to address that very obvious issue.

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:33:28 +0000

Racist article. Not all Hispanics are members of the drug cartels. People of all races all over the US are stockpiling ammunition. This is happening because of the coming infringements planned by the new administration and the Democrats. This is an activity of the good citizens of the US.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:21:23 +0000

Number of points here. Let us start with Byron’ comment (#10 above):

“Maybe Mexico needs to take steps to make its border more secure.”

Interesting point, I have never been stopped and searched nor have I ever seen ANYONE being stopped and searched GOING into Mexico. Perhaps that would be a good start.

A report issued by Reuters, noted this:

“Cartel hitmen are often arrested with the likes of grenades, powerful machine guns and rocket launchers capable of bringing down helicopters. Those weapons dwarf the pistols and rifles usually carried by police and the army.”(1)

Strange, I am an informed gun owner, member of the nasty NRA, former FFL (Federal Firearms License) holder and I don’t know anywhere you can purchase “Grenades,” “Machine guns” and “Rocket Launchers.” But they are available on the BLACK MARKET, you know, the same one that handles Heroin, Meth, Cocaine and such.

Another interesting article notes: (Talking about the .50 cal rifles)

“[H]owever, we cannot recall even one instance of these powerful weapons being used in an attack against another cartel or against a Mexican government target. . .That Mexican cartels have not used these devastating weapons is surprising. There are in fact very few weapons in the arsenals of cartel enforcers that we have not seen used, including hand grenades, 40 mm grenades, LAW rockets and rocket-propelled grenades.”(2)

Once again, these are not things you can buy at Academy. Sounds like the Mexican border patrol are letting the occasional smuggler operate with impunity.

Maybe if the Mexican Government would make narotics and smuggling illegal, we might be willing to help a little more. I wonder why the Mexican government can’t use the $200 MILLION dollars they seized (3) Or the 1.4 BILLION dollars that The US is giving for security? (4)

When will it end? Perhaps when the profit motive is taken away from the black marketeers, say maybe the same way the end of prohabition ended the reign of the Gangster in the 1930’s? When was the last time you heard about someone being gunned down for illegal booze in the United States?

Legalize drugs? What is the lesser of the two evils, Prohibiting individuals from putting “illegal” chemicals into their bodies, or “Fighting the drug war” with all the loss of freedoms we have had to endure in its name?

1. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28445902.htm
2. http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20081112_worrying_signs_border_raids
3. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/26/gun.smuggling/index.html
4. http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/01/obama_targets_texas_gun_smuggl.html