tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675974463524895416.post698150421896976..comments2024-03-28T01:06:18.986-05:00Comments on An Ex Rocket Man's Take On It: More Troops and Fences on the Border Won’t Fix Our TroublesGary Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06723964751681093047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675974463524895416.post-14996504295434492042010-09-14T21:22:03.907-05:002010-09-14T21:22:03.907-05:00There are no AK-47's of US origin. Never were...There are no AK-47's of US origin. Never were. These were made by the Russians, the Chinese, and some Eastern European countries. <br /><br />My assertions rely on the observations of a good friend working in Mexico for the CIA about 1970. His assignment was looking for this very stuff, and he saw it. Including unmarked F-86's at a time when Mexico was still flying cast-off USAF P-51's as its front line fighters. This was in the central mountain areas, where the drug kingpins had their strongholds. <br /><br />GWJGary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723964751681093047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675974463524895416.post-85411539831333076832010-09-13T13:07:05.404-05:002010-09-13T13:07:05.404-05:00"Most of that is supplied by no-questions-ask..."Most of that is supplied by no-questions-asked arms dealers on the US side of the border."<br /><br />That is an assertion frequently made by people in the US who wnat more gun control, and by people in Mexico who want to obfuscate the issue of their own incompetence. At most 4% of illegal small arms in Mexico come from US civilian sources.<br /><br />Many more do come from the US, but these are the result of burglaries from Mexican armories, and when shipments between Mexican armories "fall off of trucks".<br /><br />No tanks.<br /><br />No armed jet planes.<br /><br />The most common gun is an AK47, and not one of US origin.Tom Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781313612115415257noreply@blogger.com