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An Honest Liberal Writes about Gun Control

walt85 Wrote: Dec 17, 2012 10:28 AM
Mexico is great example of the effectiveness of gun laws and prohibition. Besides the fact that the cartels are armed to the teeth and busy executing whoever they disagree with.you have an emmense police presence and many of its armed members are nearly if not as corrupt as the cartels. Then you just have the average lowlife criminal who is armed and going about business as usual. Who isn't armed? Why it is the law abiding citizen and he/she is at the mercy of any lowlife who decides to invade their home at night, hold them up on the road or just generally abuse them.
GOOD OL' BAD GUY Wrote: Dec 17, 2012 11:16 AM
walt,

I heard that Mexico will not permit the DEA agents and other U.S. law enforcement to carry in Mexico.

That raise two questions, why is it necessary for U.S. agents to be in Mexico and if they are not permitted to carry why are they brought home?

OldMexicanblog Wrote: Dec 17, 2012 10:50 AM
Re: walt85,

I concur. In Mexico, it is virtually impossible to obtain a conceal-carry permit unless you happen to have very privileged connections with higher-ups within the political class. The worst part of Mexico's anti-gun policies is that gun violence between non-cartel people has always been HIGH, so just for starters, these laws do NOTHING to stem gun violence. Besides, the number of people robbed, beaten, raped and/or kidnapped by armed thugs has not gone down since the tightening of gun laws, it is still high enough for Mexicans to tell stories of relatives suffering any of those crimes. It is THAT prevalent - indeed, Mexicans cannot lecture Americans about guns. I admonish my fellow Mexicans for their self-righteousness.

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