CBS News has learned that the Mexican Government has retained an American law firm to explore filing civil charges against U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors over the flood of guns crossing the border into Mexico.
Archive for Category: "Gun Laws"
April 21, 2011 07:35
Project gunrunner scandal builds
In Project Gunrunner, ATF allowed American guns – including AK-47 assault rifles and military-grade, .50 caliber sniper rifles – to be smuggled into Mexico and sold to drug cartels, with the goal of tracking the weapons after they’ve been used. Was the Obama administration deliberately allowing guns to Mexican drug cartels so that it could make the claim that a gun ban is needed in the US?
April 1, 2011 05:29
Stop ATF’s Anti-Gun Zealots – Malkin
Traver allied with the progressive Joyce Foundation to lobby for tighter federal restrictions of Second Amendment freedoms. He supports curtailing access to ATF databases and opposes privacy protections for gun-owners. He has also compared automatic black-market weapons to legal semi-automatic assault weapons.
March 26, 2011 10:24
Gun running scandal grows – Laura Ingraham Show – Sen. Grassley slams Obama administration incompetence, stonewalling
On The Laura Ingraham Show, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed the ATF’s “Project Gunrunner” with Laura and decried the lack of answers coming from the Obama administration.
March 25, 2011 11:12
Obama administration stonewalls Sen. Grassley on gun running scandal
The Obama administration continues to stonewall on the growing gun running scandal. Will it lead to the White House?
March 22, 2011 05:37
Everything you need to know about the most recent gun-control debate (but didn’t have anyone to ask), Part II
The centerpieces of this “common sense” discussion are bills that would expand and “strengthen” the current National Instant Background Check System (NICS) and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. -Daily Caller
March 18, 2011 10:46
Is Obama administration letting guns go to Mexico to push gun restrictions in the US?
Obama Administration’s Justice Department authorized the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (the “ATF”) to rig gun background checks so gun runners could “walk” guns into Mexico after clearing an instant background check at various gun stores in the U.S.
March 15, 2011 05:23
Here it comes, hold on to your guns
Obama’s election prompted record gun sales all across the US because people feared a leftist assault on gun rights. As predicted Obama and the leftists call for “reforms” citing the Tuscon shooting.
March 14, 2011 08:24
Duh?HS – DHS Was Unaware of ATF Operation That Reportedly Funneled Guns into Hands of Mexican Criminals, Napolitano Says
“Agents on the ground were ignored when they questioned the wisdom of this decision, and that just pours salt on the wounds of the families who lost loved-ones. When the agents came forward with concerns, they were shunned and retaliated against.” – Sen. Grassley
February 7, 2011 16:39
WHAT LIBERALS DON’T KNOW ABOUT GUNS, CHAPTER 217
There’s only one policy of any kind that has ever been shown to deter mass murder: concealed-carry laws. In a comprehensive study of all public, multiple-shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, the highly regarded economists John Lott and Bill Landes found that concealed-carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect.
