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Gun Control Reform Activism

DanTex

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5. Interesting, though not surprising.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:49 AM

Apr 2013

The number of guns in Mexico traced back to the US is something like 5,000 or 10,000 per year, but, naturally, those traces account for only a small fraction of the overall flow, so 250,000 makes sense.

More evidence that the US gun laws are fueling violence not just in the US but also in other countries. And it's not just Mexico. In Canada, a lot of crime guns come from the US as well.

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"Study: A quarter million US guns are smuggled into Mexico every year" [View all] applegrove Apr 2013 OP

That does not include the army surplus bazookas, rpgs, and hand grenades nt Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #1

the last i heard the death toll in the mexican drug war is 50,000 madrchsod Apr 2013 #2

Yeah. And by get rid of the gun exporters and helping Mexico be safer the US could cut down applegrove Apr 2013 #3

Demand is high thanks to Nixon's War On (some) Drugs slackmaster Apr 2013 #4

Interesting, though not surprising. DanTex Apr 2013 #5

Sad that 250,000 guns are only 2.2% of our gun sales. ellisonz Apr 2013 #6