No More Guns Sign at Mexican Border

[03Lightningrocks]

You folks won't believe this one!!!

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Last week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon unveiled a “billboard” near the U.S. border made of crushed firearms formed into the words, "No More Weapons!"

The Mexican government (aided by American media) has consistently claimed that their country’s crime problems are due, in large part, to the flow of firearms into Mexico from the U.S.

This sentiment has been bolstered by the Obama administration through U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, his Department of Justice, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives now-infamous “Fast and Furious” gunrunning operation.

BATFE officials who supervised the operation out of Phoenix claimed as early as 2008 that 90 percent of the guns seized in Mexico came from the U.S.

Of course, it has now been shown that many of Mexico’s traced firearms originate in Central America and other countries. In other words, the “90 percent” statistic was widely reported, but was obviously inflated, and BATFE officials have themselves refuted those numbers (please read related article here).

According to an Associated Press article appearing on Houston.cbslocal.com, Calderon’s billboard, which is written in English and weighs 3 tons, was placed near an international bridge in Ciudad Juarez and can be seen from the United States.

The article reports that Calderon said at the unveiling, “Dear friends of the United States, Mexico needs your help to stop this terrible violence that we’re suffering. The best way to do this is to stop the flow of automatic weapons into Mexico.”

Obama administration officials have yet to come clean on the most important details concerning their roles in the “Fast and Furious” operation, but in light of what we do know, perhaps Calderon’s billboard would have been more appropriately placed in front of the White House or DOJ.

In response to the billboard, Dennis Henigan, acting president of the Brady Campaign, predictably wasted no time in demanding more gun laws to fix Mexico’s problems. Said Henigan in a Huffington Post article this week, “The solution to gun trafficking to Mexico is also the solution to gun trafficking within the U.S.: stronger federal gun laws.”

This story also serves as a strong and timely reminder of why we need to pass S. 570, the bill to stop a gun registration scheme devised by Eric Holder and the Obama administration.

The scheme requires federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report all sales of two or more semiautomatic rifles within five consecutive business days, if the rifles are larger than .22 caliber and use detachable magazines. Yet, under existing law, Holder’s BATFE has full access to every record of every firearm transaction by every licensed dealer, whether during a bona fide criminal investigation or simply to enforce compliance with record keeping requirements. This reporting scheme would create a registry of owners of many of today's most popular rifles—firearms owned by millions of Americans for self-defense, hunting and other lawful purposes.

Last March, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) introduced S. 570 to prohibit the use of federal money to fund the multiple sales reporting requirement.

S. 570 currently has 33 cosponsors. To see if your senators are cosponsors, please click here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z ... 00570:@@@P" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is imperative that you contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to cosponsor and support S. 570. You can find contact information for your elected officials by using the "Write Your Representatives" tool at http://www.NRAILA.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, or you can call your U.S. senators at (202) 224-3121.


I included the numbers and links for a reason. Maybe if enough folks respond, this silliness will subside.

[WildBill]

You folks won't believe this one!!!

Unfortunately, I do.

[PBratton]

Didn't they put this on the wrong border? Shouldn't it be a little further south?

[Oldgringo]

Calderon's sign is a time honored ploy practiced by finger pointing children and politicians everywhere; e.g., "I didn't do it, he/she did it". Calderon and Holder are attempting to deflect attention away from their corruption and lies.

[RPB]

Didn't they put this on the wrong border? Shouldn't it be a little further south?

Mexico Building Fence… on Its Southern Border
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[mgood]

Mexico Building Fence… on Its Southern Border

What a novel idea. Maybe we should try that.
In the mean time, put up a "No More Drugs" sign.

[RPB]

Central TX/Fredricksburg, New Braunfels, Bergheim, Boerne etc. people should all write to Mexican Govt demanding bilingual signs since they all speak German and might visit there some day ...

[snatchel]

I have a better idea for Prez Calderon:

Make a giant sign, made out of American $ bills, and put in the same place that says,

"We want the violence to stop. Please quit buying Mexican drugs."

My opinion: If Americans would quit buying drugs, the demand and violence in Mexico would decrease dramatically. They are fighting for their drug routes and territory into the United States.

[MasterOfNone]

And when the profitable drug trade dries up, the cartels will go back to school and learn legitimate trades?

[sumyungai]

Last week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon unveiled a “billboard” near the U.S. border made of crushed firearms formed into the words, "No More Weapons!"

Texas should make a billboard out of crushed smuggers that says "contrabandistas no más!"

[n5wd]

And when the profitable drug trade dries up, the cartels will go back to school and learn legitimate trades?

You don't think the Zetas will be welcome back into the Army?

[snatchel]

And when the profitable drug trade dries up, the cartels will go back to school and learn legitimate trades?

Nope, I didn't say that. To be honest, I don't know what they would do... probably find a new way to make money. I can say for certain that if Americans would quit buying illegal drugs, the level of violence we are seeing would diminish.

[EconDoc]

And, just how will taking our guns stop the military grade stuff that they cartels buy from corrupt officials all over Mexico and the rest of Latin America? That stuff is also, mostly, "Made in the USA", since our government has sold it to countries all over the region by the ship load ever since the 50's or before. Not to mention that the drug lords have billions of dollars to play with. With that kind of money, they can buy from arms dealers worldwide.

[Heartland Patriot]

And, just how will taking our guns stop the military grade stuff that they cartels buy from corrupt officials all over Mexico and the rest of Latin America? That stuff is also, mostly, "Made in the USA", since our government has sold it to countries all over the region by the ship load ever since the 50's or before. Not to mention that the drug lords have billions of dollars to play with. With that kind of money, they can buy from arms dealers worldwide.

There is plenty of blame for various administrations of our government for selling arms to various regimes which turned around and resold them, some of which have made it to Mexico, it is true. But, please, make sure the former Soviet Union, their former client states, and the Russian Federation get the credit they deserve. There are crate loads of full-auto AK types making it into Mexico, as well. THOSE didn't come from our government. ANY way you look at it, though, it is NOT the law-abiding folks here in the USA who are firearms owners, nor the vast majority of firearms dealers, that are "flooding Mexico with guns".

[magillapd]

Dear Mexico
- Stop Drugs and illegals from coming to America
- Allow your citizens to leagally own guns and defend themselves.
- Provide your own healthcare
- Stop telling me what to do
- Stop drugs and Illegals from coming to America