Gun Trafficking and the Southwest Border.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security.

Firearms.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of gun trafficking from U.S. to Mexico, summarizes gun control statutes and possible ratification of an Inter-American Anti-Gun Trafficking Convention, and covers Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) enforcement of U.S. gun laws. Analyzes three ATF-investigated southwest border gun trafficking cases to illustrate Federal statutes that are frequently violated by gun trafficking. Examines law enforcement challenges, related legislative proposals in the 110th Congress, and policy question for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Gun Trafficking and the Southwest Border

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