Mexico violence - new look @ US gun laws
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Mexico violence - new look @ US gun laws
| Thu, 03-12-2009 - 1:10pm |
Mexico violence prompts new look at US gun laws
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diaz also says a 1930s gun law can be used to regulate imports of .50-caliber rifles also used by the cartels. Federal officials say about 90 percent of guns seized in Mexican organized crimes came from the U.S.
Remainder of short article at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153ap_border_violence_guns.html





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Owning a fully automatic weapon has just one aim - to kill people.
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"So long as they're free of defects and sold to distributors in accordance with federal and respective state laws"
Don't guns have distinctive serial #'s engraved on each weapon? Can't they be traced just as one can back-track ownership of used automobiles or the title of a home being purchased?
(I'm not a gun owner therefore I know next to nothing about them.)
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Database to be Used by City to Establish Gun Manufacturers' and Distributor's Culpability In Creating a Public Nuisance Based Upon Inadequate Marketing Practices and Supervision of Retail Gun Dealers
More... http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2006a%2Fpr134-06.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
"You shoot coyotes?!?!?
Yes, they all come with serial numbers allowing the ATF to determine the dealer and original purchaser.
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