Mexico considers expanding citizens gun rights

[Hunt]

Reality always occurs regardless of how much the leftist deny it.

http://fusion.net/story/356355/mexico-considers-new-gun-laws-to-arm-its-citizens-against-violent-crime/

[MikeSocal]

Good for them!

[jon94520]

I'm wondering if these laws would make a difference at all in Mexico? It seems that there firearm laws, although strict on paper are scarcely enforced. The author of the article lost me in the opening statement" Mexico doesn't have much of a gun culture" yeah right. I also didn't appreciate the implication that all of there illegal firearms come from the Us.

[KC_to_CA]

Nothing on paper guarantees implementation. My opinion anyway.

[Redeyedrider]

If they aren't going to allow the purchase of large caliber weapons "like the ones recently used in US mass shootings".........

Then I ask, what caliber rifles will they be allowed to purchase? .223/.556 is about as small a caliber as you can get.

[8886]

Pistol carbines?

[Mitch]

Mexico considers expanding citizens gun rights

Don't you mean, respecting the gun rights its citizens, like all people everywhere, already have?

[John Henry]

I'd make an educated guess that one out of four Mexicans already have guns. Most of the time the police look the other way and/or the guns are hidden if they do conduct inspections-although in the rural areas the cops wouldn't dare go investigate-they'd be afraid of getting their asses shot. About 10 years ago we vacationed in my wife's birthplace in mid-Mexico around Xmas-New Years. We were warned by family not to be outside at midnight-New Years because of all the celebratory firing. It sounded like a war zone-still have some of the casings I picked up the next morning.

[Jimi Jah]

Nothing on paper guarantees implementation. My opinion anyway.

Exactomundo. Gun rights are already in the Mexican constitution. Fill out a few hundred forms, go to Mexico City to the one semi-secret gun shop on a military base and buy a wheel gun.

A local SD guy with a TJ factory has a Mexican government issued CCW permit. They gave him the 9mm pistol and ammo for free too. He does have to leave it in Mexico.

Our famous Sheriff Gore rejected his CCW app here in San Diego. He has a CCW in a foreign country but not one here.

In some ways, gun rights are more available there than here.

[Mitch]

I also didn't appreciate the implication that all of there illegal firearms come from the Us.

No doubt most of them do. After all, it's the closest place from which to smuggle guns, and guns are easy to get here. Why wouldn't they come from the US?

[major burnout]

No doubt most of them do. After all, it's the closest place from which to smuggle guns, and guns are easy to get here. Why wouldn't they come from the US?

Since all the illegal guns come from USA, maybe we could build a wall and Mexico could pay for it. Seems fair.

Of course that would cut into Eric holder and obamas profit but...

[smoothy8500]

Sounds like it has a snowball's chance in the Sonoran Desert. Even the senator's own party doesn't support it.

[Angrysnarf]

Good