NPR
July 15, 2011
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, from cyber-security to securing the U.S.-Mexico border.
GWEN IFILL: In an effort to stem illegal trafficking of firearms across the border with Mexico, the Justice Department has announced new rules on gun sales in four Southwestern states. Gun store owners in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas will be required to report anyone who buys two or more semiautomatic weapons within a five-day period.
It’s the Obama administration’s first gun control initiative. And it’s been greeted with mixed reaction.
Evan Perez of The Wall Street Journal has been following the story, and he joins us now.
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