The good people can't defend theirselves against the bad people, and unfortunately the bad people are tied into the police in a lot of cities. I was there two weeks ago and talk to people about every other week that actually live there... And NOT in a vacation spot, in REAL Mexico!! Heck, the day before I was there one of the family members got held up/robbed outside their front door to their house by 3 teenage thugs with guns (that are outlawed BTW)... The house I was at!! And 5 people were hanging from the bridge going into Saltillo, and actually that's not too uncommon. The only people that have guns are the police/federalies and the bad guys/cartel, which in a lot of instances are one in the same!
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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Here's something I did not know... about Mexico.
The country with the strictest gun laws in the world, and the one nearest to us, Mexico. It is virtually impossible under law in Mexico to own a firearm and look how well gun control is working there.
A look at what they changed in their constitution:
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
Gotta love the government banning stuff!! Works like a charm every time.  |