Comments for NRA Gun Cult Goes South of the Border at http://pacificfreepress.com , comment 0 to 9 out of 9 comments http://pacificfreepress.com Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:30:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1498 you write "The arms traffickers have left Mexico awash in AK-47s, pistols, telescope sighting devices, grenades, grenade launchers and high-powered ammunition, such as the so-called cop-killer bullets believed to be able to penetrate bulletproof vests…" I call shenanigans on this statement. grenades, grenade launchers, and most armor piercing bullets are already illegal aside from very special and restricted circumstances and have been both before and after the sunsetting of the "crime bill". you go on to say "The increase has been stoked by the cartel war and by the ease of buying high-powered weapons since the U.S. assault weapons ban was not renewed in 2004, William Newell, a special agent in charge of the ATF's Phoenix office, said in an interview.". this is the most absurd thing i have read in a long time. if you were educated you would know that the only things that the so called "assault weapons" ban actually banned was flash hiders, pistol grips, bayonet lugs, and magazine capacity. the actual guns are still the same. just now its legal to put an evil bayonet on it. im sure that bayonetings are up south of the border if you ask the ATF. the real reason for the increase in crime is because of the increase in the number of you pot-smoking hippies that want drugs. - a guest Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:35:04 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1496 Maybe someday you people will realize that making crime illegal is an act of futility. It is already illegal to commit crimes, why write more laws about the same thing over and over? Gun Control doesn't do anything but keep LAW ABIDING citizens from protecting themselves. Criminals will always be able to get guns. Criminals don't care baout gun laws, they don't care about "no gun" signs, and they don't care about the life of the innocent victim that they are attacking. - a guest Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:07:25 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1495 "no personal invective, no demonizing or pseudo-psychologizing of your opponent, etc" That's all this article is! - a guest Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:27:15 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1494 Machine guns and grenades are just as regulated now as they were at any time during the Assault Weapons Ban. Anyone who implies otherwise is either lying or intentionally failing to do basic research. The AWB was a ban on accessories, and guns available under the AWB were functionally identical to guns available before or after it. Maybe we should ban drugs, so the drug gangs in Mexico will have nothing to fight over. Oh, wait..... It is also interesting to note that the AWB has so much effect on crime in Mexico, in light of the fact that it had absolutely no effect on crime within the USA. It is also interesting to note that the NRA is again being accused of inciting death threats against anti-gun writers. While I am not familiar with this specific case, in general these claimed death-threats are never verified, or even reported to police, which is quite suspicious. - a guest Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:48:26 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1493 O.K. boys; you're north of the border here. Firstly; do you love America? Second; do you believe George represents that America? I believe it is time the patriots of America, on both sides of many divisive issues, strive to come together to preserve the nation. I don't own a gun. If I did, I would fear registering, because the fascist ATF-style commando cops, were they tasked to my address, for whatever reason, would see that come up on a computer read out, and come at me all Baghdad. It happens daily. And yeah, the government hates you, and is working to make slaves of us all. So, who is telling Jane Lyn they would do her a harm? Is she a friend of the government that conspires to do we everyone ill? No! - a guest Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:02:54 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1492 but ever since the Supreme Court ruled that the police have no duty to protect an individual, I've carried a gun for protection of me and my family. Having been there, I know what it's like to be raped at knifepoint. I know I won't let it happen again. I know I can't wait for a police officer to come, then call an ambulance, and take me somewhere for a rape-kit swab. I may not last that long. Guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are not really an issue, though, are they? And unfortunately, attempts to pass more laws simply restrict the liberties of law-abiding citizens since, by definition, criminals DON'T OBEY LAWS. - a guest Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:20:39 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1491 If you were to follow your guidelines ("...you keep the discussion focused on the issues: no personal invective, no demonizing or pseudo-psychologizing of your opponent, etc...."), you wouldn't say "...Bush Family has been an early and enthusiastic participant in this cross-pollination, from the Family's days of running guns and war materiel to the Nazis to L'il Georgie's bailouts from the drug-running, nuke-peddling, terrorist-enabling BCCI criminal conglomerate..." Now, I'm no Bush fan, by a long shot. But let's follow the rules if you're going to set them. - a guest Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:17:30 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1490 The AK 47s the drug dealers favor don't come from the U.S. Why would people who make their living smuggling bother with buying retail AK 47s in the U.S. which have to be converted BACK to firing full auto when they could get a complete, full auto AK 47 imported from Nicaragua or El Salvador where they were dumped by the thousands by the USSR/Cuba? Like Africa and the Middle East South America is awash in cheap, full auto AK 47s. The same places where the drugs like cocaine and heroin are grown. SHOW where hundreds or even a dozen retail semi-auto AK 47s were found in the hands of drug dealers. If you can't do so then you are LYING about how Mexican smugglers are getting their weapons. Show the flow with serial numbers on actual artifacts, not tales from corrupt federales It would not make any good business sense for a drug runner to acquire a $300-500 semi-auto AK in the U.S. then pay to have it converted back to firing full auto when when could buy a full auto AK in Nicaragua for $25. He could probably get them even cheaper in Africa. Hard truths for hard times? What a load of manure! Repeated lies from whiny wannabes. - a guest Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:29:20 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1810/81/#pc_1489 Guns don't kill people. I could leave a loaded gun on my kitchen table for 1000 years, and without someone aiming that gun and pulling the trigger, nothing is going to happen. Saying guns kill people is like saying spoons make people fat. Criminals kill people, with guns, knives, bats, and many other objects. Gun control takes guns out of the hands of honest citizens, people who are obeying the laws already. No matter how many gun control laws are passed, they are not going to fix the problem. If criminals don't follow the laws we have now, why would they follow new laws? Fix the criminal problem, and the gun "problem" will be fixed. - a guest Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:22:56 +0100