90% of guns in Mexico from US

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palehorse

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Originally posted by: Triumph
Either way, our laws should not be changed because of the actions of people who are already breaking multiple firearms laws in the first place.
this.
 

Triumph

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: miketheidiot
Originally posted by: Jack Flash
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: IGBT
this is only a problem because of all the dizzy dopers in the US demanding their rec.drugs.

No, it is a problem created by the drug war which created the black market.

Problem being that this is a genie that won't go back in it's bottle. We could legalize every drug but these cartels aren't going to disappear peacefully. It's always been about power and one can wonder what violence we'd expect if they saw their income threatened.

this is probably true, if drugs became legal and drug profits evaporated, i would be concerned about cartels getting into other businesses, ranging from run of the mill 'protection' to kidnapping and extortion, etc. I suppose that they are already involved in these enterprises though.

Well, what happened to the moonshiners and Al Capone types after the repeal of prohibition? Honestly, I don't really know, but I assume that they transferred their efforts to, well, the drug trade, and probably running casinos in Las Vegas.
 

UberNeuman

Lifer
Nov 4, 1999
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Originally posted by: Corn

Wow, wonder if Harveybot is gonna start spamming threads with a macro listing Obama's lies. I'm gonna bet no on that.

Maybe you should make your own list of Obama's "lies", if you feel that strongly about the Obama administration...

Or are you too busy, lazy, or pussy to do so?

/in other words - do it, or quit whining....
//and that goes for the rest of Harveyattackbots...
 

lupi

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Colt45

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Probably not mexico. I'd say a fair bit of the illegal guns in Canada are of US origin though. Huge border, difference in laws, lots of transnational shipping and business... bound to happen.
 

piasabird

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People dont die unless criminals use guns illegaly. You know a machete works just as well and kills people just as dead. So why cant criminals be done away with just declare martial law and wipe them out with the military. This is a problem because Mexican police work on a system of bribery, and the drug gangs have all the money. Mexico has no ligitimate government. The government is not in control of the situation and the people are just plain scared.
 

EXman

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Jul 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I don't like politicians lying to further their agenda. Didn't like it when Bush did it, don't like it now

Now this is enlightenment...

good for you.

Almost all politicians 95% = self serving liars looking out for #1!