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Post by avordvet on May 31, 2011 5:12:55 GMT -5
But of course, the Progressives and their counterparts in the Federal Government, continue the narrative push... such as this article/hit piece, which attempts to lay the blame at Bushmasters feet... truly pathetic. Smuggled weapons: Bigger the betterMexican gangs opt for assault rifles, study findsBy DAN FREEDMAN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE, May 29, 2011, 1:12AM WASHINGTON — Convicted gun smuggler John Phillip Hernandez of Houston was likely not the kind of customer that Bushmaster Firearms International had in mind when he purchased 14 of their .223-caliber AR-15s at Houston area gun shops in 2006 and 2007. Bushmaster describes the AR-15 rifles, a civilian version of the U.S. military's standard-issue M-16, as intended "for law enforcement, security and private consumer use.“ But the weapons Hernandez and his associates purchased ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartel pistoleros, including a Bushmaster .223 that was used to kill four police officers and three secretaries in Acapulco. A Hearst Newspapers survey of 1,600 guns purchased mostly in Texas and Arizona - which were either shipped to Mexico or intercepted en route - shows the Bushmaster .223 AR-15 ranks second among firearms apparently used in drug warfare. Read more: www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory/7586144.html#ixzz1Nv2AIQ6O
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Post by safetalker on Jun 1, 2011 13:22:00 GMT -5
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