Down Mexico Way

ABC's World News Tonight reports that a war is going on just South of the border between Mexican police and criminal drug cartels. The news report alleges that 2,000 police officers have been killed within the last year or so in these escalating hostilities. 95% of the guns, mostly automatic weapons, used to inflict the casualties on Mexican law enforcement officers were allegedly from the U.S., smuggled into Mexico after being purchased from an American gun dealer or gun show. The report also claims that some 12,000 gun dealers are in the states bordering Mexico. We can surely surmise that the vast majority of these gun dealers and gun traders are NRA members. It makes one wonder if the Mexican drug cartels are indirectly, and possibly directly, supporting the NRA through dues paid or other contributions. It takes a hefty treasury to support an effective lobbying program like that of the NRA. Maybe, because of the money involved in gun sales to the Mexican drug cartels, that's why it's so hard to get legislation restricting the sale of automatic weapons. Anyway, it's something to ponder.