Gun Control Across Our Borders

I recently just got back from my spring break. Once I arrived back to my dorm at school I unpacked and started to relax. I turned on the television and started to watch the news. When I was watching the news there was a special story on CNN regarding the drug trafficing and dangerous drug cartels in Mexico. The story discussed how the United States is one of the largest contributors to the problem.

I was baffled and almost dissapointed at how the United States is such a big part of the problem in Mexico. the strict firearms laws, small number of gun shops, and few licensed gun holders provides an incentive for immigrants to purchase guns in the United States and then return to Mexico. A government report even stated that 99.4 percent of the weapons belonging to Mexican criminals are suspected to have come from the U.S.

The news story focused on how the U.S. contributes to the problem by selling a certain type of psitol named the FN-57. They are nicknamed "cop-killers". The firearm is the most used gun within the Mexican drug cartels mainly because they are fairly inexpensive and the ammunition that is used in the firearm is capable of piercing through body armor that is typically worn by the Mexican police. They can also be attained from in one day's drive from the border.

Although we are in a troubling economy right now, capitalism and selling weapons to immigrants that cross the border back into Mexico eventually just leads to larger problems for both our own citizens and the people of Mexico. I believe the U.S. should have a stricter policy for the sale of firearms because not only is it a problem in the U.S., it becomes a larger problem for the wellbeing of other nations as well.