http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/14/mexico.guns/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

The United States claims to be in a war on drugs; committed to the elimination of drug trafficking around the world. It is known that drugs often lead to violence and drug related gang violence in Mexico is a huge problem. The United States claims to be hard on crime and determined to end this violence and the flow of drugs from Mexico into the US. However, many weapons used by Mexican drug gangs originated in the US. We are such hypocrites sometimes I cannot even stand it. The US needs to be stricter on gun control and more conscious of exactly where the weapons they are selling go. We should have learned this lesson after 9/11 when we were responsible for training the men who bombed the world trade center. It is unfortunate that we do not seem to learn from our past mistakes.