Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.): 2000 guns cross US-Mexico border every day

Posted by Staff on March 17, 2009 |

Senator Durbin references a Brookings Institute study which found 2000 guns travel from the United States into Mexico every day, fueling violence among drug cartels. He believes that additional measures must be taken to address the problem. (00:26)

 
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March 17, 2009
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2 Responses to “Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.): 2000 guns cross US-Mexico border every day”

  1. Mike Abrams Says:
    March 17th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    In the hearing with ICE and BATFE, the BATFE official corrected both him and Feinstein by saying they believe it to be in the hundreds, and stated that he doesn’t know where Brookings is getting their numbers from. This seemed to upset the senators, though they’ve continued to use the 2000 per day figure in comments. Go figure.

  2. Hobby Says:
    March 18th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    This is the way things should be, get off what we are on now

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