tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post4324972748010578601..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Mexican RadioMichael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-48504747056767988692009-04-01T20:48:00.000-06:002009-04-01T20:48:00.000-06:00Here is a good example of Federal LEO corruption o...Here is a good example of Federal LEO corruption on the border.<BR/><BR/>http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Border_Patrol_agent_drew_map_for_smugglers.html<BR/><BR/>"BROWNSVILLE — A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison for helping drug smugglers move a 44-pound cocaine load.<BR/><BR/>Prosecutors showed that 30-year-old Leonel Morales, of ZapataAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-35836530295295609792009-03-27T12:12:00.000-06:002009-03-27T12:12:00.000-06:00Unfortunately there is a large supply of weapons a...Unfortunately there is a large supply of weapons and ammunition coming from Texas into Mexico. The mules that bring drugs north are indeed carrying guns/ammunition when going south. A lot of the straw buyers are connected directly to the cartels. AA good percentage of the mules/straw purchasers are females also. They are well paid with both money and narcotics for personal use. Of course when Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-16934021091380820982009-03-25T20:40:00.000-06:002009-03-25T20:40:00.000-06:00...and the USA government doesn't have a national ......and the USA government doesn't have a national database of weapon serial numbers.Overload in Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277277751144486368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-26254491319804206242009-03-25T13:38:00.000-06:002009-03-25T13:38:00.000-06:00If the Mexican and US governments wanted to stop t...If the Mexican and US governments wanted to stop the illegal importation of firearms to Mexico, they could try tracking down the serial numbers of recovered firearms to the original owners.<BR/>The reason they don't is that in most cases the original owners are the Mexican and US governments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-85261921644904326042009-03-25T12:05:00.000-06:002009-03-25T12:05:00.000-06:00Michael, 20 to 25 years ago we got an order from s...Michael, 20 to 25 years ago we got an order from some government agency in Quebec. It demanded that when we filled the order, all product instructions be in French, correspondence in French, prices converted to Canadian $ and all sorts of stupid things. Frank Brownell wrote across the front, "Are You Kidding?" and mailed it back. Never heard from them, one way or the other. Larry WeeksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-86198319537728464002009-03-25T09:29:00.000-06:002009-03-25T09:29:00.000-06:00Anti-gun Canadian politicians have been whining fo...Anti-gun Canadian politicians have been whining for years that the US should tighten their gun laws to stem the flow of illegally smuggled handguns into Canada.<BR/><BR/>Ha!<BR/><BR/>RSRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-83381087704028072482009-03-25T08:43:00.000-06:002009-03-25T08:43:00.000-06:00Has one crime of robbery or murder ever happened w...Has one crime of robbery or murder ever happened with a .50BMG in the USA?<BR/><BR/>Then why the histeria? Oh yeah, it's just political hype/spin with no factual background - again!<BR/><BR/>It's already against "the Law" to export guns to Mexico, so what would passing more "laws" accomplish? Oh yeah, it would make it harder for "law abiding" Americans to own firearms - The actual purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-65895626483498382852009-03-25T08:28:00.000-06:002009-03-25T08:28:00.000-06:00IT makes me think, when you can find guns from Sto...IT makes me think, when you can find guns from Stoeger and even S&W being made in Brazil or Argentina. <BR/>Cripes, even the Springfield 1911 is made south of the border.<BR/>FAL ,Taurus, and SO many others are made THERE...not HERE.<BR/><BR/>If your weapon is not stamped MADE IN AMERICA..it probably isn't.<BR/><BR/>It's little wonder the BATFE "thinks" (erroneously) these Bob G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09222203353717749897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-67391214150845372432009-03-25T04:47:00.000-06:002009-03-25T04:47:00.000-06:00I am wondering how many of these "smuggled guns" i...I am wondering how many of these "smuggled guns" into Mexico came from the BATFE ? <BR/><BR/>How many times have you read articles about some terrorist buying missiles, explosives or other such things. Then either later in the article or during the trial, it turns out that the gov't SOLD the stuff to the BG in a sting operation. The BG NEVER had access to the weapons. The BG never even had the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-66394845704454283672009-03-24T19:14:00.000-06:002009-03-24T19:14:00.000-06:00The Mayor of San Diego has been quoted as saying 9...The Mayor of San Diego has been quoted as saying 90% of the firearms in question are coming from California.<BR/><BR/><BR/>CALIFORNIA???????<BR/><BR/>Are you kidding me?<BR/><BR/>I want to see serial numbers. Pretty sure they're going to point somewhere other than a Wal-Mart in Galveston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-19646710444699212372009-03-24T18:50:00.000-06:002009-03-24T18:50:00.000-06:00It's ridiculously illogical to think that organize...It's ridiculously illogical to think that organized Mexican drug gangs with millions of dollars in cash in their hands would bother with the hassles of smuggling semi-auto firearms from the US in the quantities they'd get from onesy twosy purchases from FFLs.<BR/><BR/>Remember back in May 1996 the San Francisco office of BATFE confiscated 2000 full rock 'n' roll, real deal Polytech AK47s from a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-75497962351297776562009-03-24T18:13:00.000-06:002009-03-24T18:13:00.000-06:0095% of mexican cartel guns come from the US??? I ...95% of mexican cartel guns come from the US??? I thought it was 90% of mexican guns traced by BAFTE come from the US. Those are two totally different things. BAFTE only traces a select few of the mexican guns, specifically they trace guns that they have reason to suspect are coming from America. I wanted to email the author about this poor reporting but I can't find her contact information. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-32287186847340885282009-03-24T16:24:00.000-06:002009-03-24T16:24:00.000-06:00This can be turned around into a pro-gun argument ...This can be turned around into a pro-gun argument pretty quickly...<BR/><BR/>I keep hearing about how Mexico, with its "tough" gun laws, has a gun violence problem - yet here in the US, with our "lax" gun laws, we have no such out-of-control gun violence.<BR/><BR/>So - the logical answer is that Mexico should adopt our laws, and thereby achieve a similarly low violent crime rate.<BR/><BR/>It's Whipsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574112956276915296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-10597540071973030182009-03-24T14:36:00.000-06:002009-03-24T14:36:00.000-06:00It is against Mexican law to bring guns into the c...It is against Mexican law to bring guns into the country and everbody knows that laws stop crininals from doing anything against the law. Problem solved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-54520477477309521922009-03-24T14:29:00.000-06:002009-03-24T14:29:00.000-06:00Quote from "PistolPete";"Anyone who thinks lax US ...Quote from "PistolPete";<BR/>"Anyone who thinks lax US laws are allowing Mexican drug cartels to get machine guns and grenades is completely uneducated."<BR/><BR/>You just summed up about 95% of Congress.<BR/>Yes American weapons are getting to the drug cartels. The fastest and easiest way to stop that flow would be for CONGRESS to CANCEL all military aid to the Mexican Govt. No more corrupt Mex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-47976649387480615582009-03-24T14:17:00.000-06:002009-03-24T14:17:00.000-06:00Um, how would import regulations from the Clinton ...Um, how would import regulations from the Clinton administration stop a drug dealer from smuggling a rifle made in the US into Mexico? That doesn't make sense at all. Armalite is a US company.<BR/>Anyone who thinks lax US laws are allowing Mexican drug cartels to get machine guns and grenades is completely uneducated. I guess that doesn't exclude them from the media, as long as they can read Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354844245381141827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-27077380765421118022009-03-24T13:17:00.000-06:002009-03-24T13:17:00.000-06:00Sad that this is even a topic...I recieved an emai...Sad that this is even a topic...I recieved an email response from Sen Mikulski(D-Md) that contradicts the hell out of itself. First she (her staffer)says that there are to many guns on the street and we need "common sense gun laws" (party line BS) then in the next sentence says that the Cogress should not be regulating firearms, that the state/local governments should be. The Dems can't even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-39278994824050811292009-03-24T13:14:00.000-06:002009-03-24T13:14:00.000-06:00"he found the weapon on the Internet, bought it fo...<I>"he found the weapon on the Internet, bought it for $3,200 from a Maryland "kitchen table" dealer and had it registered in the District of Columbia, all in about six hours.</I><BR/><BR/>So a legally purchased weapon through an FFL is bad? Wait...doesn't Diaz HAVE an FFL?<BR/> <BR/>Screw off Tommy boy. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if the dealer has a 15,000 sq ft brick & mortar store. If he did Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-47849743447000731632009-03-24T12:19:00.000-06:002009-03-24T12:19:00.000-06:00to the first anonymous poster - common sense isn't...to the first anonymous poster - common sense isn't all that common.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826932635166933072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-42624101147532843912009-03-24T12:10:00.000-06:002009-03-24T12:10:00.000-06:00I concur. the mushroomI concur. the mushroomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-50501976315578970272009-03-24T10:56:00.000-06:002009-03-24T10:56:00.000-06:00Border security could, and should be responsible f...Border security could, and should be responsible for making sure firearms do not illegally cross national boundaries. Of course... we'd need border security for that to work. It's a real shame that some would ignore border security and at the same time constrict around the rights of Americans in the name of helping other countries. Of course its corruption. Common sense no longer prevails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com