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

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

by jt Posted 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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Medic_25 November 07, 2009 14:49:05

No George Bush is.
See How stupid that sounds.
Maybe Global Warming.
Another Myth.
Stupid People are to blame
Skunk " In God We Trust" November 05, 2009 20:08:01

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!
Radlad November 05, 2009 08:26:21

No! Drugs, greed, corruption, and that's the mexican government......................
Wolfy November 05, 2009 05:29:43

Nope, Violence in mexico is to blame for violence in mexico
Lynn November 05, 2009 03:04:37

Guns and gun laws cause violence in the same way that forks cause obesity.
Pablo November 05, 2009 01:36:30

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
Op4 November 05, 2009 00:54:18

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.
Marty9957 November 05, 2009 00:07:44

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.
Hula girl November 04, 2009 23:22:10

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.
dublin9 November 04, 2009 21:58:41

No. Among others, illegal Mexicans are responsible violence in America.
930SPX November 04, 2009 20:25:13

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.
cmdrbnd007 November 04, 2009 19:47:58

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.
Texas Johnny November 04, 2009 19:15:48

Most of the guns come from Central America and other places. The average gun owner isn't a gun runner. More lib horsecrap.
Chris November 04, 2009 19:06:31

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.
wpsark November 04, 2009 19:02:45

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?
none November 04, 2009 19:00:19

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.
URAnIdiot November 04, 2009 17:59:55

There's no violence in Canada because of US gun laws, so that kind of dispels the notion doesn't it?
Rayule November 04, 2009 17:46:50

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.
Torchy November 04, 2009 17:36:17

No, but US drug laws probably are.
Hebertprime November 04, 2009 17:28:53

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.