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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged gun trafficking

Martinez of New Mexico only governor from border states to attend conference in Mexico

By | 09.29.11 | 3:15 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

Gov. Susana Martinez is the only U.S. governor in attendance at this year’s Border Governors Conference in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, which brings together representatives from the governments of the states along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R), who was set to host the conference last More…

Taking on the Gun Show Loophole

By | 10.09.09 | 12:28 pm

Roughly two-thirds of unlicensed gun show dealers sold weapons to undercover investigators even after those investigators told dealers that they probably wouldn’t pass a background check, according to a report released this week by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The sellers are exploiting an enormous More…

Not Just Mexico Smuggling American Guns

By | 06.22.09 | 4:06 pm

Last week’s Government Accountability Office report on the trafficking of U.S. guns to Mexico has inspired quite a backlash from gun enthusiasts who contend it’s “being deliberately misinterpreted by gun prohibitionists to push a gun ban agenda,” according to one voice representative of the outcry.

The report found More…