Trump echoes Mexican president, says lax US gun laws help arm drug cartels

[gejohnston]

10. At least Trump is being consistent,

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consistently running his mouth without having someone checking the facts first. That is partly why most Republicans don't like him.

The Mexican army regularly seizes arsenals of small arms from stockpiles, abandoned after firefights or concealed inside vehicles driven by drug traffickers. In June, a "narco rebellion" in the border city of Piedras Negras resulted sporadic firefights lasting hours. After it was over, the military had turned up 50 AK-47 rifles, along with grenade launchers, various machine guns, shotguns and bolt-action rifles. But the cartels are also getting increasingly more powerful guns. In March, firefights between police and the Zetas netted both M-60 and a .30-caliber Browning machine gun. Sniper rifles and machine guns up to the .50-caliber size have been discovered. The Mexican military has even turned up a German MG34 machine gun from World War II.

https://www.wired.com/2012/11/cartel-weapons/
While the article perpetuates the 90 percent myth, I missed the machine gun sale at Gander Mountain.
https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110209-mexicos-gun-supply-and-90-percent-myth?elq=6a17bc29c1694cfeaaf51911c845cc36&utm_campaign=110210&utm_content=readmore&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SWeekly