"U.S. guns arm Mexican drug cartels - Los Angeles Times"
"And how exactly do you explain the article mentioning the hand grenades and rocket launchers ? Are you saying that the average gun store has such items in stock ? Trigger 's link is much more accurate than yours is . Mexico Cartels Do n't Buy Assault Weapons from U.S. `` The next day I went into work and sat down with a trusted senior Mexican manager . I looked at him and said , `` I thought guns were illegal in Mexico. `` He chuckled and said , `` So you stayed in town last night ? `` As the conversation progressed , it became clear that guns are as common in Mexico as tamales at Christmas . Everyone he knows , including himself , own at least one gun . And , it matters not whether it 's a semi-auto or fully automatic , they 're all illegal , so why stop with semi-autos ? Though clearly illegal in the states in most instances , a lot of Mexicans have more firepower in terms of military weapons than we can only dream of owning here. `` '' These are not the so-called `` assault weapons `` you can buy at the local gun shop in the U.S. , but full select-fire military-issue rifles . Now , I know you want to know and are dying to ask ; Did I see any U.S. military-issue weapons stolen from the U.S. military ? Not a single one was marked with U.S. military markings . Everything was marked with additional foreign markings on the receiver , including M16 rifles , or they had nothing at all . I saw firearms manufactured in Europe , China , Russia and South America along with U.S. manufactured weapons . I saw rifles that looked familiar with no place of manufacture , no serial number or manufacturer 's logo . The information was not removed , it was never there to begin with . I can only assume they came from illegal arms manufacturers in India or Pakistan that produce copies of weapons . It was obvious that none of these firearms came from a U.S. gun shop in Tucson or San Diego . You could n't buy them from a gun shop in the states if you tried. `` '' Despite being able to own .22 caliber pistols or rifles , Mexican law requires them to be stored at an approved firing range . Where 's the firing range I asked many times ? No one knew of one . Where 's the gun stores in town to buy legal guns ? Gun stores ? No one ever recalled seeing one anywhere in Mexico , let alone their city. `` '' All this flies in the face of news articles published by the U.S. media in the last week or two . Mexico 's gun problems are a direct result of gun runners buying `` assault weapons `` in the U.S. and taking them into Mexico to arm drug cartels , says the U.S. media and government . That is a bunch of government and media nonsense . The cartels are n't arming themselves from U.S. gun stores with semi-auto AR15 and AK47 rifles . They 've moved on up. `` '' Cartels buy their arms from countries around the world , most any place where military weapons can be purchased on the black market , or from countries wishing to destabilize North America . They arm themselves from a worldwide black market of full auto military weapons including grenades , land mines and RPGs . They also `` procure `` their weapons from the less than savory from within the Mexican military. `` '' The drug cartels can easily afford to fly their weaponry into Mexico using their own fleet of aircraft on to remote airfields , or land them on remote Mexican shores from their fleet of vessels . They do it with drugs all of the time . Drug cartels buying semi-auto AR15 or AK rifles from U.S. gun dealers is viewed as a joke by Mexico 's drug cartel , most Mexicans , and unfortunately by the Mexican government . The only people fooled by all the political rhetoric are Americans listening to the likes of Attorney General Eric Holder and other anti-gun politicians. `` Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexico Arrests Cartel Hit Man in Execution of Army General `` In the operation , the Mexican army also seized 23 assault rifles , 20 handguns , 23 grenades , two grenade launchers , a rocket launcher , cartridges and ammunition clips , $ 42,000 worth of cash , six vehicles and radio equipment. `` Where the hell did the grenades and launchers come from ?"
"U.S. guns arm Mexican drug cartels - Los Angeles Times"
"Cartels buy their arms from countries around the world , most any place where military weapons"