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Originally Posted by Greg
By the 1960s, fear of the growing anti-government sentiment and the growing number of citizens arming themselves, prompted the government to modify Article 10 of the Constitution and to enact the Federal Law of Firearms and Explosives. And so begun a systematic disarmament of the population by limiting gun ownership to small-caliber handguns, heavily restricting the right to carry outside the home, and ending a cultural attachment to firearms by shutting down gun stores, outlawing the private sale of firearms, closing down public shooting facilities, and putting in control of the federal government all firearm-related matters.
A look at their (Mexico) murder rate:
24 per 100,000
The U.S.A. murder rate:
4.2 per 100,000
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Cherry picking. A better comparison would be to other countries with similar histories, cultures, and rule of law that have strict gun laws and aren't in the middle of a virtual civil war. Have a look at western European countries, and you find something markedly different.