It’s time for the American people to stop living in a state of denial and get serious about stopping gun shipments into Mexico. Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan, has noted that as many as 2,000 weapons enter Mexico from the United States every day – most of them through Texas and Arizona, and many of them purchased legally at gun shows and gun stores. Many of the transactions come in “straw purchases,” where drug traffickers use Americans – including friends and relatives – to buy guns. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives estimates that 90 ….Read More
