HOUSTON - When it comes to selling weaponry to the drug thugs of Mexico, Houston gun dealer Carter's Country has been labeled a profit hungry merchant willing to turn a blind eye to bad guys south of the border.
A Washington Post investigative story linked 115 firearms confiscated over the past two years by Mexican authorities waging the drug war to Carter's Country outlets. That makes the largest independent gun dealer in the region among the biggest sources of fire power for the murderous cartels.
It certainly looks bad, until you hear a different side of the story.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/101213-gun-dealer-atf-approved-sales-to-mexican-gun-runnersWebb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar, responsible for very large recent seizures of weapons in Laredo, says he can not discuss much about the cases but can say the weapons heading south were not purchased along the border.
“They were coming from different areas in the country.â€
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/atf-require-gun-dealers-report-multiple-rifle-salesObama said, that "more than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States" and he'll make sure they do. He'll pursue gun control through ATF fiat, rather than legislative initiative.
Create the problem, get the reaction, and present the solution.
