Mexican expert calls for U.S. assault weapons ban

(Vatican Radio) A Mexican expert on cross Border relations with the United States says Congress there MUST re-impose the assault weapons ban, which lapsed in 2004.

Professor Jose Luis Valdes Ugalde, who's a member of the Center of Investigations for North America, at Mexico's National Autonomous University UNAM, says illegal gun running from US Border States is arming Mexican Drug cartels to the teeth. He urges the assault weapons ban has got to be re-imposed by the US Congress, for everyone's sake, and for goodness’ sake: “It’s really ridiculous and absurd to see people, 18 or 19 or 20 years old or any family at all, having weapons, assault weapons in their house. It isn’t needed. If it’s possible, then you can go, you want to go with the second amendment, then have guns But that's enough.”

More than 70,000 people have already died in Mexico's eight year Drug War. Many have been killed by US made weapons, illegally smuggled into Mexico.

James Blears reports from Mexico: