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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould U.S. Gun Manufacturers Be Held Responsible For The Ongoing Violence In Mexico?
Mexican criminals use guns from the U.S. According to a report from Council on Foreign Relations Latin America analyst Julia Sweig, The flow of high-powered weaponry from the United States to Latin America and the Caribbean exacerbates soaring rates of gun-related violence in the region and undermines U.S. influence in the Western Hemisphere. In her report, Sweig argues, U.S. civilian firearms market continues to supply the regions transnational criminal networks with high-powered weaponry that is purchased with limited oversight, especially from unlicensed individuals at gun shows, flea markets, pawn shops, and on the Internet. Lax U.S. gun laws enable straw purchasers
to legally procure thousands of AK-47 and AR-15 variants every year and traffic them across the border to sell them illegally to criminal factions.
In the last few weeks gun violence in Mexico has received heightened media attention as armed enforcers working for drug cartels attacked federal police convoys, assassinated a senior Navy official, and opened fire on a peaceful anti-violence protest. Mexicos government has sent thousands of soldiers to patrol the hills of Michoacan where these attacks took place, but has been unable to stop criminal groups from arming themselves with guns purchased in the U.S.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2013/08/05/should-u-s-gun-manufacturers-be-held-responsible-for-the-ongoing-violence-in-mexico/
In the last few weeks gun violence in Mexico has received heightened media attention as armed enforcers working for drug cartels attacked federal police convoys, assassinated a senior Navy official, and opened fire on a peaceful anti-violence protest. Mexicos government has sent thousands of soldiers to patrol the hills of Michoacan where these attacks took place, but has been unable to stop criminal groups from arming themselves with guns purchased in the U.S.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2013/08/05/should-u-s-gun-manufacturers-be-held-responsible-for-the-ongoing-violence-in-mexico/
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Should U.S. Gun Manufacturers Be Held Responsible For The Ongoing Violence In Mexico? (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Aug 2013
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Should US Drug Policy Makers Be Held Responsible For The Ongoing Violence In Mexico?
Fumesucker
Aug 2013
#4
onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Yes. nt
hack89
(39,171 posts)2. Wouldn't the onus be on the gun dealers that actually sell the weapons?
they are the ones breaking the law.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)13. I agree. nt
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)3. More than manufacturers, the weak gun laws
In places like oh...Tucson AZ
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)4. Should US Drug Policy Makers Be Held Responsible For The Ongoing Violence In Mexico?
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)7. A much, much better attribution of blame.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)5. Only if US drug users are as well.
One half is weapons we send down, the other half is the money we send down.
madville
(7,412 posts)6. It is the fault of the War on Drugs
Legalizing drugs would reduce violence in the region multitudes more than regulating guns in the US ever will.
spin
(17,493 posts)9. Exactly. Legalizing some drugs would also reduce gun violence in the United States. ...
Chicago is a prime example as most of the gun violence in the Windy City is a result of drug gangs fighting over turf.
The drug cartels and our drug policy are responsible for the violence in Mexico, not the firearms companies.
Pelican
(1,156 posts)10. I blame the Zetas....
among others...
Ya know, the ones shooting people...
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)11. No. n/t
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)12. Maybe just a teensy bit of the responsibility
Belongs to US drug users.
rollin74
(1,990 posts)14. No
blame the people who are breaking the law by bringing the guns illegally into Mexico
ileus
(15,396 posts)15. No...why punish companies
For two nations failure to control their criminals...