The whole notion that the Mexican cartels are getting a substantial number of their weapons from the United States is being proved false daily at almost the rate that the GlobalWarming™ scam is coming unglued. Not to mention that it appears possible that the ATF has been trafficking guns THEMSELVES to the cartels in what could be an effort to create just that scenario in order to justify demanding a crackdown here at home.
So this story is interesting. The GOP House really is doing many things to try to defund and undermine the agenda of the Left, and defunding the ATF's effort to ramp up regulatory tyranny against border-state gun dealers is a great place for the GOP to attack.
HT: The Hill...
House budget bill blocks ATF request for emergency anti-gun trafficking authorityThe Republican budget bill passed in the House Saturday morning blocks a request from federal officials for broader authority to fight gun trafficking to Mexico.
The provision would bar the government from requiring gun dealers in southern border states to report bulk purchases of assault weapons – an emergency measure designed to stem the flow of guns to Mexico's violent drug cartels.
Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.), who sponsored the provision, said it will "protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens."
"I remind my colleagues this amendment carries the full support of the National Rifle Association," Boren said on the floor Friday night.
His amendment passed 277 to 149. Forty-one Democrats voted in favor of the bill, and two Republicans – Reps. Peter King (N.Y.) and Brian Bilbray (Calif.) – opposed it. King, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has often been at odds with GOP leaders over gun reform.
In December, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) asked for new powers to require gun dealers in Mexican border states to report sales of two or more assault weapons to the same buyer within five work days....
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