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In reply to the discussion: 'No More Weapons!' billboard placed on US border [View all]OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)Firstly, I'm not a member of the NRA. I'm unaware of their talking points.
And I live I Ohio... boy, that illegal mexican arms trade is just booming up here.
Thus far, you're 0-2 with your assumptions.
Secondly, dismissing a point by associating it with an (apparently undesirable) organization else hardly refutes it. The fact still remains (aside from such association) that it is illegal to export firearms to another country without proper government licenses and it is illegal to sell a firearm to a forign citizen. Furthermore, as referenced in the OP article, "automatic rifles" are likely no coming fro US gun shops. All of these things Calderon is complaining about are already against the law... what more does he expect? Write more laws an the criminals will just be breaking more laws.
And it really is no different than the mexican drug trade. One country selling illegal goods to another country via the black market. The best any country can do is effectively police it's own side of the border. Which is what my original reply title suggests: "Tell them to quit buying them."