Gen Wesley Clark blames Mexican violence on "machine guns" from the US

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Gen Wesley Clark blames Mexican violence on "machine guns" from the US

On the March 15th, 2009 edition of Fox New's "Geraldo at Large" guest General Wesley Clark appeared and blamed the recent Mexican drug cartel violence on "machine guns" from the United States flowing into Mexico. When Geraldo briefly tried to place the focus on corruption with the police of the border towns, Gen Clark quickly shifted the focus back to gun ownership in the United States and called for the renewal of the "Assault Weapons Ban".

Video of Gen Wesley Clark on Geraldo

Clark: "The real problem here in the Mexican government, the people I have talked to in the Mexican government say the problem Mexico has is that we are sending weapons into Mexico."... "We've got to clean up our own act on the weapons".

Ok, let me get this straight - the "real" problem here, the cause of all the violence and murder in Mexico, is not the corruption in the Mexican government and law enforcement, not the huge sums of money that are at stake in the drug trade, the real problem here is that firearms from the United States are flowing into Mexico and creating the violence and causing people to murder each other.

Clark: "I think we need to reinstitute the "Assault Weapon" ban in the Unites States. If people want "machine guns" let them join the military."

Clark: "for personal use, absolutely not, that is how they are getting across the border"... "The Mexican government is asking of us - please cut off the flow of "machine guns" coming from the United States into Mexico"

Now I assume General Clark, having such a distinguised military career, has actually been around some weapons before He certainly knows that a semi-auto rifle, those that were actually address in the AW ban, are not "Machine Guns". He is lying to everyone to push this gun-grabbing agenda.

Geraldo: "I agree with you General Clark, thank you. What are we using AK-47's for, duck hunting? Absolutely preposterous, great for gun collectors, but to be able to buy 100 AK-47's and bring them into Mexico, absolutely appalingly ridiculous. General Clark thank you very much.

What can I say, Geraldo is an idiot. This is just what would you expect from someone stupid enough to draw a map in the sand on live television to give away the position of the military unit he was embedded with during the Iraq war invasion.

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# re: Gen Wesley Clark blames Mexican violence on "machine guns" from the US

I knew it was only a matter of time before this nonsense was added to the chorus of gun-grabbing rationale. I spotted the angle the moment I read the first story. One problem which we will NEVER get around is that the general public are not gun enthusiasts. Neither are most folks in the media, nor most politicians. Lacking the technical knowledge to critically examine the debate and form their own opinions, they fall prey to what they hear in the media. They don't know that an AR15 and an M16 are, by design, very different weapons internally. They imagine that a couple of strategically-placed paperclips are all you need to convert a hunting rifle into a military-grade machine gun. They honestly believe that we buy .50-caliber rifles because we harbor secret fantasies of shooting down planes.

And, the worst myth of all, they believe in the possibility that determined criminals can be prevented from acquiring firearms if we enact the proper legislation.

3/21/2009 5:39 AM | Reid

# re: Gen Wesley Clark blames Mexican violence on "machine guns" from the US

I advise digging a shelter under your home and hiding in it. "They" are coming for your guns right now. Hide! They want your guns soooo bad.. They are going to take them by force and than they will have their way with the guns sexually. The horror!
Nobody wants your guns or bullets.. Its your bibles you have to watch you nutbar.

6/21/2009 7:12 AM | themasterofcarnage

# re: Gen Wesley Clark blames Mexican violence on "machine guns" from the US

Im so tired of these people blaming gun violence in Mexico on the United states. Only about 10-15% of the weapons illegally brought into Mexico come from the US and of that number a very small amount are "Assault Rifles" and of those "Assault Rifles" very very few are actually fully automatic machine guns. Most are pistols and other common sporting guns that private Mexican citizens buy for protection. The drug cartels and gangs are much more likely to get their weapons from other 3rd world countries that do not restrict automatic weapons and do not charge the same taxes and other costs that the United States does.

Wake up people the so called legal "assault weapons" in the US are NOT MACHINE GUNS! they are the same as any other repeating rifle except that they have a more modern look to them!

For example my Ruger 10/22 is a normal target rifle, looks like the sort of gun you granddaddy used to have. Except as soon as I Put a muzzle break and my adjustable stock on it, then it is classified as an "assault rifle". Those accessories do not make the gun shoot any differently or make it any more powerful, they are just about personal preference and making the gun more comfortable. You could do the same thing with an M16, just put a different stock and lose the pistol grip and all of a sudden its not an assault rifle, still shoots the same, just looks different.

6/21/2009 3:42 PM | commonsence

# re: Gen Wesley Clark blames Mexican violence on "machine guns" from the US

Just found this with my stumbleupon widgit, wanted to point out that Assault rifles ARE NOT Machine guns - and vice-versa. There is a big difference between a hunting rifle and an assault rifle, and a larger difference between an asault rifle and a machine gun. VERY VERY FEW machine guns are around in the united states, other then the military armorys. Even if citizens of the US actually TRIED to buy machine guns in quantity and SMUGGLE THEM THROUGH THE BORDER - Mexico has a responsibility to STOP those smugglers. They cannot blame the country the smugglers lived in. Obviously they would be prosecuted if found. I doubt the US government is assisting the smuggling, and I doubt one American citizen has smuggled one machine gun into mexico. The fact that 'general' clark mentioned machine guns and then an assault rifle ban in the same sentence shows he is being deceptive- and using some media frenzy to try to further his personal agenda. What a douche cookie

6/21/2009 8:10 PM | steve

# re: Gen Wesley Clark blames Mexican violence on "machine guns" from the US

We will be stripped of our right to bear arms almost entirely in the next few years. We will be defenseless against an aggressive, self-righteous government with an agenda of control, manipulation, brainwashing and eventual virtual enslavement. Sure glad this fartknocker didn't get into office. Of course You didn't hear it here first...but you heard it here.

Also, I'm adding douche cookie to my vocabulary. Excellent.

6/22/2009 12:44 PM | Larry

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