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Originally Posted by Souk View Post
Here's what Barry had to say today:

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Reviving a ban on assault weapons and more strictly enforcing existing gun laws could help tamp down drug violence that has run rampant on the U.S.-Mexican border, President Obama said Thursday.

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Speaking alongside Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Obama said he has "not backed off at all" on a campaign pledge to try to restore the ban.

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"I continue to believe that we can respect and honor the Second Amendment right in our Constitution -- the rights of sportsmen and hunters and homeowners that want to keep their families safe -- to lawfully bear arms, while dealing with assault weapons that, as we know here in Mexico, are used to fuel violence," Obama said.

The rest of the article here.
Why would a member of one of these drug cartels want an over-priced semi-automatic AR-15 smuggled in from the USA when they can get a fully automatic AK-47 for peanuts from central America?

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