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Pobre Mexico may “collapse” according to U.S. Military Report-Gun Control doesn’t help
January 23, 2009 | Tagged futility of gun control, Mexican gun law failures | Leave a Comment
According to a report issued by the U.S. Joint Forces Command, Mexico is in danger of a breakdown of civil authority, because of violence by “criminal gangs and drug cartels.” This possible catastrophe is only the latest in a series of developments that threaten the existence of our southern neighbor. This situation could also have serious consequences for the U.S. in terms of trade disruption and increased numbers of illegal aliens. These undocumented border crossers could very well be thought of by the U.N. as refugees from the unbridled mayhem in their country. U.S. authorities worry that gang warfare could spread over our border, considering the number of Hispanic gangs already operating in a number of states.
It is not that Mexico’s draconian gun control laws are the main cause of their deplorable internal security problems. Drug-financed gangs and widespread governmental corruption have been strangling that nation for years. The salient point for me as I look at Mexico, is that their strict gun control regulations have done little or nothing to ameliorate their desperate situation. (See my previous posts under the Category: “Foreign Gun Laws.”)
You could argue that their condition would be worse without gun control, but it is hard to imagine a more serious situation. Honest, police, military, and public officials are murdered with apparent impunity. Civilians are killed wholesale by gangs. Serial killers seem to operate without hindrance, given the number of women who end up dead along the border.
If gun control worked, the gangs would stage demonstrations and sit-ins to settle their rivalries and protest government interference in their illegal activities through attorneys. Before the new American administration embarks on a policy of strict gun control, they would do well to look again at pobre Mexico.
Def Mech
P.S. The main Blogivist Server is being worked on this weekend. See you on the other side, when I will address comments on my post on H.R. 45.