The Associated Press reports the federal government is telling gun sellers in border states that they must report anyone who has purchased two high-powered rifles within a five day period.
The guidelines affect New Mexico, California, Arizona, and Texas.
The Justice Department made the argument before a judge after a More…
Though medical marijuana is legal in New Mexico, the drug is still regarded as an illegal scheduled substance by the federal government. Given the federal government sets the rules on who can own guns, medicinal marijuana smokers of this state and 15 others are barred from owning guns.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry blasted out a statement opposing the new reporting rules for multiple semiautomatic gun purchases in states bordering Mexico. “Singling out border states and targeting legal gun sales and sellers will have little or no impact on the Mexican cartels transporting drugs, guns and cash to and More…
In the days since a lone gunman opened fire in Arizona, killing six people and wounding an additional 13, roughly 2,000 Americans have lost their lives as a result of gun violence. That, according to President Barack Obama, is unacceptable.
“Like the majority of Americans, I believe that More…
Last week, The American Independent reported on a policy within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) “Project Gunrunner” program to let guns “walk”: that is, to encourage firearm sales to known gunrunners in the interest of following the guns back to the cartels that ordered their More…
As politicians call for increased border security, the joint U.S.-Mexican government effort to stem the flow of guns into Mexico has been delayed significantly by technological problems and a lack of training, The Washington Post reports today:
In the past four years, Mexico has submitted information
At the Brookings Institution yesterday, government officials and advocates discussed the state of the United States’ relationship with Latin America, touching on drug trafficking, gun smuggling, oil drilling and the region’s diminished reliance on its neighbor to the north.
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For a civic group that bristles at charges of generating even the most suggestive air of violence, the 9.12 Project sure likes its handguns. Around the country, 9.12 Project members routinely prove that they take seriously their leader Glenn Beck’s Three-G triad of “God, Gold and Guns.” They meet at More…
Zachary Roth digs up something I’d nearly forgotten about. In April 2009, Kristopher “Pale Horse” Sickles posted a risible YouTube video beseeching fellow militia members to descend on Washington for a “Million Militia Man March.”
A peaceful demonstration of at least a million — hey, if we can
Lots of attendees at a Tea Party on Saturday in Alamagordo, N.M., that’s who.
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