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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 844136" data-attributes="member: 12952">Campaign Seeks to Halt U.S.-Mexico Arms FlowMEXICO CITY – Mexican and U.S. grassroots groups&nbsp; have launched a campaign demanding that President Barack Obama enact&nbsp; three measures to stop illegal arms trafficking to Mexico.Organizers plan to spend four months collecting signatures that will&nbsp; then be handed over to Obama, Alianza Civica, a grassroots group led by&nbsp; academic Sergio Aguayo, said.Alianza Civica is one of the organizations leading this movement.The first demand being made of Obama is an immediate ban on imports of assault rifles into the United States “because most are (later) sent as contraband to Mexico,” the groups said.The groups also want the U.S. leader to order vendors to report&nbsp; to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or&nbsp; ATF, the sale of several assault rifles to the same person.And finally, the groups want Obama to “increase&nbsp; the regulatory capability of the ATF in regions known to supply&nbsp; contraband weapons to Mexico, particularly border states.”The grassroots groups said their demands are based on official U.S.&nbsp; and Mexican statistics showing that “arms smuggling from the United&nbsp; States strengthens organized crime in Mexico, since 84 percent of&nbsp; weapons that are confiscated come from the neighboring country to the&nbsp; north.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 844136, member: 12952"] [B]Campaign Seeks to Halt U.S.-Mexico Arms Flow[/B] [B]MEXICO CITY – [/B]Mexican and U.S. grassroots groups have launched a campaign demanding that President Barack Obama enact three measures to stop illegal arms trafficking to Mexico. Organizers plan to spend four months collecting signatures that will then be handed over to Obama, Alianza Civica, a grassroots group led by academic Sergio Aguayo, said. Alianza Civica is one of the organizations leading this movement. [COLOR=maroon][B]The first demand being made of Obama is an immediate ban on imports of assault rifles into the United States[/B][/COLOR] “because most are (later) sent as contraband to Mexico,” the groups said. The groups also want the U.S. leader to order vendors to [COLOR=maroon][B]report to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, the sale of several assault rifles to the same person.[/B][/COLOR] And finally, the groups want Obama to “[COLOR=maroon][B]increase the regulatory capability of the ATF in regions known to supply contraband weapons to Mexico, particularly border states.[/B][/COLOR]” The grassroots groups said their demands are based on official U.S. and Mexican statistics showing that “arms smuggling from the United States strengthens organized crime in Mexico, since 84 percent of weapons that are confiscated come from the neighboring country to the north.” [/QUOTE]

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