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Gun Control Reform Activism

madrchsod

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2. the last i heard the death toll in the mexican drug war is 50,000

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:57 PM

Apr 2013

i read another report where the figures were at 70,000. 50-70 thousand people murdered just across our border and is it any wonder why people want to escape the hell they in through each day

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"Study: A quarter million US guns are smuggled into Mexico every year" [View all] applegrove Apr 2013 OP

That does not include the army surplus bazookas, rpgs, and hand grenades nt Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #1

the last i heard the death toll in the mexican drug war is 50,000 madrchsod Apr 2013 #2

Yeah. And by get rid of the gun exporters and helping Mexico be safer the US could cut down applegrove Apr 2013 #3

Demand is high thanks to Nixon's War On (some) Drugs slackmaster Apr 2013 #4

Interesting, though not surprising. DanTex Apr 2013 #5

Sad that 250,000 guns are only 2.2% of our gun sales. ellisonz Apr 2013 #6