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**POMAH_K** · 03-28-2011, 10:35 PM

Mexican nationals living in Mexico have never been allowed to own guns. In fact--we had some Americans that took guns down there a few decades ago for a hunting trip--and the c.r.a.p hit the fan over that one.

The guns weren't sold in Mexico nor (as far as anything I have read) did ATF physically transport weapons into Mexico. This program involves legally available weapons purchased by people legally eligible to purchase weapons BUT there was reason to believe that the weapons in question were going to be transferred to ineligible people and THAT is illegal.

The short version of the program was that licensed firearms dealers (FFL's) in the border area were asked by ATF to report any suspicious purchases. When the dealers did report those transactions they were told to go ahead with the sale anyway and report the weapons serial numbers to ATF for tracing. In these instances the FFL normally would not have completed the transaction because of their suspicion of illegal activity but were told to go ahead for the sake of the investigation.

03-28-2011, 10:35 PM	#37
POMAH_K Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	Mexican nationals living in Mexico have never been allowed to own guns. In fact--we had some Americans that took guns down there a few decades ago for a hunting trip--and the c.r.a.p hit the fan over that one. The guns weren't sold in Mexico nor (as far as anything I have read) did ATF physically transport weapons into Mexico. This program involves legally available weapons purchased by people legally eligible to purchase weapons BUT there was reason to believe that the weapons in question were going to be transferred to ineligible people and THAT is illegal. The short version of the program was that licensed firearms dealers (FFL's) in the border area were asked by ATF to report any suspicious purchases. When the dealers did report those transactions they were told to go ahead with the sale anyway and report the weapons serial numbers to ATF for tracing. In these instances the FFL normally would not have completed the transaction because of their suspicion of illegal activity but were told to go ahead for the sake of the investigation.
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