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Tighter US Gun Sale Law Could Help Curb Mexico Drug Trade Violence
15 June 2011
Philadelphia Inquirer, Editorial
Too many Americans look down their noses at Mexico, saying it is incapable of controlling the violence that stems from its illegal drug trade.
Not only does that attitude ignore the fact that the drug lords wouldn't thrive without the lucrative U.S. market, it also ignores that the drug dealers are largely armed with American guns.
A new report concludes that about 70 percent of the guns seized in Mexico and submitted to a U.S. gun-tracing program came from the United... (GunPolicy.org)