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In an effort to stem the illicit flow of weapons into Mexico, the Justice Department announced Monday that all gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the federal government to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles.
The Office of Management and Budget notified the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives last week that its request to require gun stores in four border states to report the multiple sales of certain long guns favored by Mexican cartels did not constitute an emergency under the law.
Originally posted by JAGx1981
The FEDs need to up the anty even more. These groups have no fear of death and enjoy killing and it is beyond disgusting.
Like the dealers calling in the buys during the Gunrunner debacle? The dealers the ATF told to sell the guns to straw buyers? Like the cluster@$% didn't encourage the illegal sales? They are trying to spin this to make it look like they accomplished something. They have not! Sounds a little premature to assume the ATF is going to still be in operation with these Congressional investigations. And since when does the Justice dept just make new laws? Oh and like this is true.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the new reporting measure will improve the ATF's ability to disrupt illegal weapons trafficking networks that funnel firearms to criminal organizations
Military grade assault rifles? Really? Civilians cannot legally acquire military grade weapons without a special license. Semi auto is not military grade. But to the ignorant this will sound like they actually did something. Yea and wasn't it interference from the top that the agents blamed and not the stores?
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the new policy "is exactly what ATF agents on the ground told Congress — that reporting multiple sales of military-grade assault weapons is a crucial tool to identify and disrupt Mexican drug cartels engaged in gun trafficking