No, U.S. Gun Laws Aren’t To Blame For Cartel Killings

By Cam Edwards

After raging gun battles between members of the Sinaloa drug cartel and the Mexican military and police in the city of Culiacan last week, President Trump and Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador agreed to work together to increase security at the border. Obrador wants to stop illegal firearms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico, while Trump wants to stop the flow of illegal drugs coming from the Sinaloa cartels and other criminal organizations in Mexico. Are U.S. gun laws really to blame for the cartel violence in Mexico? The Los Angeles Times recently reported that Mexico’s homicide rate is at a record high, and “the U.S. provides the guns”, and the Washington Examiner pointed out after the violence in Culiacan that 70% of firearms seized and traced in Mexico have a U.S. origin.

“When we’re looking at specific calibers of weapons, and specific types of weapons, they overwhelmingly do come from the U.S. commercial market,” Scott Stewart, vice president of tactical analysis for geopolitical intelligence company Stratfor, told the Washington Examiner.

“This is an ongoing problem,” an official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told the Washington Examiner. “It’s been with us …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms