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Are U.S. Gun Laws to Blame for Violence in Mexico?

jt November 03, 2009 19:16:21

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A recent explosion of drug-related violence in Mexico killed thousands of people last year, dangerously destabilizing America's southern border. Some people, including many in Congress, believe the violence is being fueled in part by weak U.S. gun laws that allow powerful firearms to reach Mexico. But gun rights advocates see this connection as tenuous at best, and believe the violence in Mexico is being used to scare the public into supporting unnecessary domestic gun control laws. Would stronger gun laws in the U.S. stem the violence in Mexico?
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  • +6 raves Franklin November 04, 2009 15:09:02
    Franklin
    Well the answer depends...
    If your a liberal
    YES everything in Mexico is always our fault
    But if you are a grown up
    NO Mexico like all Latin nations is a victim of its own corruption and every dollar spent trying to “help” them is a dollar wasted on perpetuating oppression.
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  • Medic_25 November 07, 2009 14:49:04
    Medic_25
    No George Bush is.
    See How stupid that sounds.
    Maybe Global Warming.
    Another Myth.
    Stupid People are to blame
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    Skunk " In God We Trust" November 05, 2009 20:08:01
    Skunk
    NO! Blame the violence in Mexico on the Mexicans.That is part of the problem with the world today.Everyone wants to blame the other guy.
    Guns do not kill people,people kill people.That is the truth!
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    Radlad November 05, 2009 08:26:21
    Radlad
    No! Drugs, greed, corruption, and that's the mexican government......................
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    Wolfy November 05, 2009 05:29:43
    Wolfy
    Nope, Violence in mexico is to blame for violence in mexico
  • Lynn November 05, 2009 03:04:37
    Lynn
    Guns and gun laws cause violence in the same way that forks cause obesity.
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    Pablo November 05, 2009 01:36:30
    Pablo
    Yea; if you take all American's guns away, then you will have a government that can do any thing to its citizens. As one recent SH said, Canada does not have a problem with U.S. guns. If anything, we need them more so these days, using Mexico as an example. An unarmed citizen is prey to the predators, who seems to get guns no matter what.
    Pablo
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    Op4 November 05, 2009 00:54:18
    Op4
    Absolutely! Studies have proved that people with no prior criminal history will, when exposed to guns, Immediately start organizing drug cartels, gangs, prostitution and slavery rings, etc. If we would only be intelligent and take guns away from all Americans, the Mexican cartels would stop their criminal operations and start having bake sales and selling organically grown fruit and vegetables to raise money instead. If the gun lovers (who are all filled with hate) would just face the truth, it's obvious that before Americans invented gunpowder* there was no crime or violence and more tolerance.

    *I know some RWNJ's will try to argue that the Chinese invented gunpowder, but educated people know that it was the Bush family. They only blamed the Chinese because they're fascists. Get with the program.
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    Malachi Op4 November 05, 2009 02:42:45
    Malachi
    Lol! lol
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    Op4 Malachi November 05, 2009 02:56:50
    Op4
    ;)
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    Marty9957 November 05, 2009 00:07:44
    Marty9957
    No, I read in a recent report from the FBI that of all the guns confiscated on raids, only a very small percentage came from the United States. This of course will be used to it's fullest by the anti-gun crowd to propose even more restrictive gun regulation.
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    Hula girl November 04, 2009 23:22:10
    Hula girl
    Absolutely not especially when many of the American guns found were taken from the Mexican Military Stash the Americans has sold them years ago and military personal were selling the weapons to gangs.
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    dublin9 November 04, 2009 21:58:41
    dublin9
    No. Among others, illegal Mexicans are responsible violence in America.
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    930SPX November 04, 2009 20:25:12
    930SPX
    No thats all progressive BS. It's the Feds fault close the border. Only a small percent of the guns come from the us. The other numbers are the progressive lies.
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    cmdrbnd007 November 04, 2009 19:47:58
    cmdrbnd007
    No, do you really think they are buying all those guns legally and then shipping them across the border. What could be to blame is the very porous border that we have between the two countries. The Mexicans won't patrol it because they want all of their poor to flood to the US and the US won't patrol it because the politicians are too afraid that it will offend a large voting block. Patrol the border and stop the guns from going over to Mexico and the drugs from coming here. I don't understand how this is so complicated for those in DC.
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    Texas Johnny November 04, 2009 19:15:48
    Texas Johnny
    Most of the guns come from Central America and other places. The average gun owner isn't a gun runner. More lib horsecrap.
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    Chris November 04, 2009 19:06:31
    Chris
    Hahah, could it be the Mexican Government?

    That is like going after the gun manufacture for selling the gun that killed my brother in Iraq.
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    wpsark November 04, 2009 19:02:45
    wpsark
    No it's just a bs ploy by the anti-gun whimps to get naive Americans to buy into that crap. How bout ya legalize marijuana and shut down the f'n Mexico/US border. Don't let them in here and send the ones here back over there...EVER THOUGHT OF THAT?
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    none November 04, 2009 19:00:19
    none
    There have been stupid comparisons made before but this one is by far the stupidest so far. Anti gun nuts will stop at nothing to distort facts to try to get thier message across. Try telling the truth, in states with easy to obtain concealed carry permits the crime rate goes down. In Austrailia where they took away peoples guns the crime rate went way up. These are the kind of things you will never hear from anti gun groups because it doesn't fit their agenda. Never let facts get in the way of your opinion.
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    URAnIdiot November 04, 2009 17:59:55
    URAnIdiot
    There's no violence in Canada because of US gun laws, so that kind of dispels the notion doesn't it?
  • Nate URAnIdiot November 04, 2009 21:29:29
    Nate
    Is that Glenn Beck? I love him.
  • URAnIdiot Nate November 04, 2009 21:34:18
    URAnIdiot
    Morons generally do love him.
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    Nate URAnIdiot November 04, 2009 21:43:51
    Nate
    so you don't? sorry to hear that fella. hear fella
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    Rayule November 04, 2009 17:46:50
    Rayule
    I don't think full auto class III weapons are getting there from our gun shows. Just more liberal propaganda to fill the sheeple's heads.
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    Torchy November 04, 2009 17:36:17
    Torchy
    No, but US drug laws probably are.
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    URAnIdiot Torchy November 04, 2009 18:00:25
    URAnIdiot
    That's closer to the truth.
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    Hebertprime November 04, 2009 17:28:53
    Hebertprime
    Nope.
    Mexico's gun laws and its corrupt government are to blame for all the violence.

    Good example;
    El paso=pretty darn safe
    Juarez=killing field

    As soon as you cross that boarder, everything goes to hell.
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    kormster November 04, 2009 16:06:43 (edited)
    kormster
    Sorry most of those powerfull firearms that reach Mexico were sold to them buy the US goverment to the Mexican Goverment. It is the waek Mexican control over their people is how they get sold to the drug cartels. Hell most in the cartels are ex soldiers that are enticed by the very large pay increase. people sold drug cartels cartels soldiers enticed large pay increase
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    Nate November 04, 2009 15:49:54
    Nate
    I call bullshit on this one. Violent Mexicans are to blame for Violence in Mexico - oh, and all you casual drug users. Your money is going to behead Mexican police and murder countless Mexicans. Your money is what puts 10 year old kids on the street corners peddling drugs. Your money is blood money.
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    wpsark Nate November 04, 2009 19:04:40 (edited)
    wpsark
    I grow my own personal stash, no blood on my hands.
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    TabbyCat November 04, 2009 15:12:45
    TabbyCat
    Would stronger gun laws in the U.S. stem the violence in Mexico? I do not believe that it would. I think it would just make it harder for honest people to buy guns. If people with bad intentions want to hurt someone, they are going to do it, they do not care about laws.
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    Franklin November 04, 2009 15:09:02
    Franklin
    Well the answer depends...
    If your a liberal
    YES everything in Mexico is always our fault
    But if you are a grown up
    NO Mexico like all Latin nations is a victim of its own corruption and every dollar spent trying to “help” them is a dollar wasted on perpetuating oppression.
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    san November 04, 2009 14:18:17
    san
    No, we are a seperate government and can only control within our border. This sounds like a UN job. As far as violence on the southern American border, allowing more weapons would make it worse because more people may shoot people for God knows what reason. I think putting National Guard on the borders from those permanently, of course rotating their tours for about a year at a time. That's what are military is for, protecting us, oh but wait,most are overseas.
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    wpsark san November 04, 2009 19:06:34
    wpsark
    You're right, that's the Nat'l Guards duty.
  • san wpsark November 05, 2009 06:29:36
    san
    thanks
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    Shubs November 04, 2009 12:06:09
    Shubs
    Folks, only 18% of the guns are traceable to the US. The rest are bought from other foreign sources. Media won't tell you that. The ones of the US are all illegal and most are stolen, but still have serial numbers.
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    bill November 04, 2009 11:20:09
    bill
    Put the blame where the blame belongs, on the Mexican Government!
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    Demongirl1960 November 04, 2009 09:31:00
    Demongirl1960
    HELL NO.....
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    bizutage01 November 04, 2009 08:30:19
    bizutage01
    Partly, yes. Also America's ridiculous drug laws which make the drug trade from Mexico so profitable.
  • Nate bizutage01 November 04, 2009 15:51:22
    Nate
    so basically, if you use drugs, the blood is on your hands. I agree.
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    kormster bizutage01 November 04, 2009 16:08:26
    kormster
    Like I stated most of the stuff they have like rockets you can't get at your local gun store here in the US.
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