Blue Steel Democrats: 70% oppose gun restrictions to fight Mexican cartels

From Blue Steel Democrats:

Even now that the myth that "90%" of illicit guns used in Mexico are coming from the U.S. has been thoroughly debunked (barely 17% of illegal weapons in Mexico come from the U.S.), the talking point has stuck, as today's Washington Post Op-ed by E. J. Dionne on "standing up to the gun lobby" shows. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041901995.html?hpid=opinionsbox1However, the public isn't buying.

A new poll released this morning from Rasmussen Reports shows 70% of Americans oppose new gun restrictions as a strategy to fight drug cartel crime. Americans seem to understand better than U.S. politicians that the Mexican government's exaggerations and blame-the-gringos game are mostly developed for domestic political consumption, not from a true belief additional restrictions on U.S. buyers will actually staunch the flow of illicit arms to the Mexican cartels. http://bluesteeldemocrats.blogspot.com/2009/04/mexican-gun-control-is-true-source-of.html

Watch the Rasmussen Report video here http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/most_recent_videos2/politics/most_voters_say_no_to_gun_restrictions_legal_pot_to_help_mexico

P.S. I generally have a lot of respect for E. J. Dionne. But as usual, when it comes to discussion of firearms, gun control seems to remain the one policy topic on which members of the press don't feel obligated to educate themselves about before regurgitating one-sided, intentionally misleading press releases. http://www.bradycampaign.org/issues/assaultweapons/Come on E. J. -- you're better than that, aren't you?

How about an expose on the intentional lack of border controls going into and out of Mexico by land, air or sea?

You might also want to learn a few basics about the types of weapons you are lumping together under the politically useful but technically meaningless label of "assault weapon" before you continue to vilify public ownership of semi-automatic rifles as the cause of Mexico's destabilization.

http://bluesteeldemocrats.blogspot.com/2009/04/rasmussen-reports-70-oppose-gun.html