Houston Chron at it again

[thorkyl]

FTA:
WASHINGTON — Less than half of an estimated 18,000 American firearms used in Mexico's drug wars over the last three years have been traced back to licensed gun dealers — suggesting most are stolen or bought at gun shows where background checks are not required, a federal law enforcement official told Congress on Thursday.

Gun shows, thieves linked to drug arms | National | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

I think its time... better keep my mouth shut.

 

[DCortez]

Tracing firearms remains “an essential component” of curtailing firearms trafficking along the southwest border and identifying the first retail purchaser is key to investigating how the gun came to be used in a crime or how it landed in Mexico, McMahon said.


How bout the shut down the damn border and stop worrying about gun shows?!?

 

[Texas42]

you were expecting, unbiased, honest reporting?

 

[thorkyl]

you were expecting, unbiased, honest reporting?

mmm, nope.

I am dreaming of the day they go bankrupt with the rest of them

 

[DCortez]

It's easier to blame gun shows than it is to blame corrupt government officials in Mexico or the USA.

 

[ducksps]

"traced back to licensed gun dealers — suggesting most are stolen or bought at gun shows"
Or more to the point they are not from licensed gun dealers in the US. The suggestion above is false as any gun in the US stolen or bought at a gun show went through a licensed dealer during its lifetime. If at any time it had gone through a US gun dealer it would be easy enough to find out who the purchase was made from and too whom. The reason so few of these guns are not traceable is due to the fact they have a border problem themselves and these are coming from areas in Central America and elsewhere that have been hot spots in the past. Don't forget that a great majority of this violence is commited by bad elements in the Mexican Military and Law Enforcement structure who have no issues with aquiring weapons.