http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f46_1361321059 Mexico Asks the U.S. Senate for a Registry of U.S. Gun Owners Mexican lawmakers will ask the U.S. Senate to create a registry
of all commercialized firearms in border states, which includes
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Mexico says it will make it
easier to trace guns used in violent attacks.
The measure was reportedly approved on January 9 by Mexico’s Permanent
Commission, a government entity that meets when Mexico’s Senate and the
Chamber of Deputies is in recess. Gun owners in Arizona are calling the
proposal “foolish” and an “invasion of privacy.”
http://www.kpho.com/video?autoStart=...clipId=8403748A number of the gun owners interviewed by KPHO-TV also referenced the
Obama administration’s disastrous gun-running operation known as “Fast
and Furious.”
The operation, conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives (ATF), allowed illegal straw buyers to walk across the
border with nearly 2,000 firearms, including semi-automatic rifles. The
weapons ultimately ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartel members
and were used in a number of crimes, including murders and kidnappings.
Further, a gun from Fast and Furious was found at the murder scene of U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry in December of 2010.
Democrats in Congress have been calling for a ban on semi-automatic
rifles and universal background checks for all firearms sales, some even
calling for a national gun registry. Further, Democr Embed Code
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