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Pobre Mexico! Gangs, drugs, gun control, corrupt police a deadly mix.
August 21, 2008 | Tagged corruption, crime, failure of gun control, Mexico, Violence | 1 Comment
An AP article at newsmax.com describes the horrible situation south of the border, where the witches’ brew of illegal drugs, gun control, gangs, and police corruption are driving citizens into the streets to protest the mayhem. Imagine living in a society where it is very difficult to legally own a gun for self-protection and where gangs and even corrupt police officers steal, kidnap, and kill with frequent impunity. The rich hire bodyguards. The non-rich live in fear that they will become victims. (See my previous posts about Mexico under the Category “Foreign Gun Laws.”
This public dispair again underscores the failure of gun control laws in Mexico. The corrupt police are armed by the state. Criminals have no qualms about violating weak laws against murder and kidnapping, and apparently no problems obtaining guns. Even if the domestic supply of firearms were magically eliminated and cross-border smuggling stopped, the gangs could still get guns from the corrupt police!
Is that the direction that we want this country to go? Do we want the American Democrat Party to eliminate the death penalty, as the Mexican Government has done? Do we want the Democrat Party to appoint “soft” judges who impose relatively short sentences, as the Mexican Judiciary does? Do we want the Democrat Party to impose draconian restrictions on the possession and defensive use of firearms? Do we want our police forces corrupted by black markets in drugs and guns the way that American law enforcement was corrupted by Prohibition? Do we want to be forced to publicly demonstrate to protest the fact that we are helpless in the face of gang violence and police corruption?
How we vote, or don’t vote, will have a major impact on the future safety of the citizens of this country, aside from the Democrats’ apparent desire to surrender to radical Islamic jihadists. I am afraid that if we don’t vote or waste our votes on candidates who can’t possibly win, we will find ourselves in the position of the non-rich in Mexico.
Vote for the most pro-individual rights, electable candidates. Party trumps person.
Def Mech
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i don’t get wheat your trying to say.what are the facts that you know about?