Thanks for taking the time to respond, Mr. Owens.
I am not advocating punishing law-abiding citizens for actions of criminals. However, if American guns are being sold to Mexican Zetas, then obviously somewhere in that transaction is a law-breaking American citizen who ought to be punished.
Additionally, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, American gun sellers supply the cartels with 95-100% of their guns. Even if this is a gross exaggeration on the part of the ATF, which is entirely plausible, we’re still most likely looking at a frightening stat of 60-70%.
So that still leaves us with the undeniable fact that American guns and American sellers are a huge part of the problem, but even moreso are the American narcotics laws that fund this war.
If you change the narcotics laws, you won’t need to change the gun laws because the huge $ hit that the cartels will take from removing the product from the black market will make it very difficult for them to afford the arsenal they currently enjoy.
