Gun Smuggling Called Huge Challenge

According to KSWT TV, the Arizona attorney general says that the U.S. could do a better job of stopping the flow of guns to Mexico, but we’ll ask a couple of questions.

First, how important really are American firearms to the Mexican cartels? Is there any proof that if America were to step up our efforts that the crime in Mexico would fall? Aren’t many of the guns actually from their own military? And about the flow of Chinese made firearms to Mexico? The news organization merely says, “many guns used by drug cartels in gun-restrictive Mexico are from the U.S.” But what percentage does “many” mean? The long reported number was wrong. In fact, it has been proven that less than 20 percent of firearms are from America – so how much good could our efforts do? Would it even reduce the crime by 20 percent? Probably not.

Second, what is Mexico going to do about the flow of drugs to America? That’s an issue that is seldom brought up when these stories are mentioned. Maybe we should work with Mexico to reduce the crime, and the gun issue will resolve itself.