Weapons Traffic: In Mexico, only one gun store but no dearth of violence

A look into Mexico's only gun store, run by the army on a base in Mexico City, and the contrast of that with the reality of the huge quantity of arms obtained by the cartels, many from the U.S.'s uncontrolled market just across the border.  

In Mexico, only one gun store but no dearth of violence: "Mexico has some of the toughest gun-control laws in the world, a matter of pride for the nation's citizens. Yet Mexico is awash in weapons.

President Felipe Calderon reported this month that Mexican forces have captured more than 93,000 weapons in four years. Mexican authorities insist that 90 percent of those weapons have been smuggled from the United States. The U.S. and Mexican governments have worked together to trace 73,000 seized weapons, but both refuse to release the results of the traces.

More than 6,600 federally licensed firearm dealers operate on the U.S. side of the border. At least 14 million guns are thought to have been sold in the United States last year, according to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. But no one knows the exact number." Dec. 29, 2010, Washington Post