There is only one gun store in all of Mexico. So why is gun violence soaring?

[Gman]

The fact that criminals don't buy their guns from stores is only complicated to understand by the leftists.
There is only one gun store in all of Mexico. So why is gun violence soaring?

MEXICO CITY — The only gun shop in all of Mexico is behind a fortresslike wall on a heavily guarded military base.

To enter the Directorate of Arms and Munitions Sales, customers must undergo months of background checks — six documents are required — and then be frisked by uniformed soldiers.

The army-run store on the outskirts of Mexico City embodies the country's cautious approach to firearms, and a visit here illustrates the dramatically different ways two neighboring countries view guns, legally and culturally.

Like the Second Amendment in the United States, Mexico's Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, but it also stipulates that federal law "will determine the cases, conditions, requirements and places" of gun ownership. For many Mexicans, even those who love guns, the thought of an unfettered right to owning one is perplexing.

Yet on this issue, like so many aspects of life in Mexico, the influence of its powerful neighbor to the north is keenly felt: Each day the army gun store sells on average just 38 firearms to civilians, while an estimated 580 weapons are smuggled into Mexico from the United States.

That paradox is increasingly relevant given Mexico's unprecedented level of gun violence, which has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the last decade. Last year was Mexico's deadliest since the government began releasing homicide statistics in 1997. This year, it is on track to surpass that record.

American firearms are directly driving the violence, although U.S. appetites for drugs and rampant corruption among Mexican officials also play a role. About 70 percent of guns recovered by Mexican law enforcement officials from 2011 to 2016 were originally purchased from legal gun dealers in the United States, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Mexican leaders have long complained about the phenomenon. In 2012, then-President Felipe Calderon erected a giant billboard in the border city of Juarez that spelled out the phrase "No more weapons." The letters, formed using crushed firearms seized by authorities, were visible from Texas.

I'm shocked that there's no mention of 'Fast and Furious'.

[brutal]

Of course, it's our fault.

[Gman]

If they did a better job of keeping their people from freely crossing the borders, it would probably be less of a problem. Build the wall.

...and if it's so important to them, maybe they should pay for it.

[hurley842002]

If they did a better job of keeping their people from freely crossing the borders, it would probably be less of a problem. Build the wall.

...and if it's so important to them, maybe they should pay for it.

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[Mazin]

Lmao Gman I thinking about F&F while I was reading it too

[cstone]

I wish the editors would fix the title. There is only one “government authorized” place for Commoners to buy a gun in Mexico.

Does anyone believe authorities confiscate 580 firearms coming from the US everyday? Those are just the firearms used by the Mexican government to make humorous signs for Texans to laugh at.

This story was obviously written by someone who is jealous of Mexico’s freedom and they would like that same freedom here in the US. If only 38 guns are legally sold everyday then the progressives can say they haven’t wanted to take “all” of our guns away.

For those who want Mexico’s version of freedom we could trade them straight up for some of the hard working Mexicans who want American freedom. Let the vetting begin at a gate in the wall.

[Gman]

I also wonder how many of the firearms that were "originally purchased from legal gun dealers in the United States" were then stolen from US citizens and smuggled across the border?

[TFOGGER]

I also wonder how many of the firearms that were "originally purchased from legal gun dealers in the United States" were then stolen from US citizens and smuggled across the border?

Or were purchased from legal dealers under illegal conditions (straw buyers)? The dealers could do everything right on their end, and the guns end up in the hands of criminal illegal aliens.

[Aloha_Shooter]

For those who want Mexico’s version of freedom we could trade them straight up for some of the hard working Mexicans who want American freedom. Let the vetting begin at a gate in the wall.

I'd be happy to trade most of Hollywood and the MSM for some hardworking Mexicans. I'm sure all those socialists would love to hand over their material goods to some soon-to-be-documented immigrants so they can go enjoy Mexico's gun-free environment. Hell, I'd take 20 Mexicans if they'd just take David Hogg.

[WETWRKS]

I wish the editors would fix the title. There is only one “government authorized” place for Commoners to buy a gun in Mexico.

Does anyone believe authorities confiscate 580 firearms coming from the US everyday? Those are just the firearms used by the Mexican government to make humorous signs for Texans to laugh at.

This story was obviously written by someone who is jealous of Mexico’s freedom and they would like that same freedom here in the US. If only 38 guns are legally sold everyday then the progressives can say they haven’t wanted to take “all” of our guns away.

For those who want Mexico’s version of freedom we could trade them straight up for some of the hard working Mexicans who want American freedom. Let the vetting begin at a gate in the wall.

If you notice...there is no mention of guns smuggled into Mexico from other countries. You cannot tell me that all the MGs there come from the US, Yes...some are coming from their own military and police but I bet a bunch are coming from South America as well.