Right to Bear Arms (Split from Firearm Thread)

[CaptainHenreh]

Fucking shit.

Ok, ready for a rant? Tough, because here comes one.

I want to make one point very, very clear:

I do not give a shit about Mexico.

Let's begin.

Eric Holder (Our fine attorney general) says that Our Glorious Leader will try to re-instate the Assault Weapons Ban. Why? Click.

"I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum."

Mexico, eh? And what does the State Department have to say about Mexico?

Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades," the warning said. "Large firefights have taken place in many towns and cities across Mexico, but most recently in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez."

Automatic weapons? Hand Grenades? Guess what, YOU CAN'T BUY THOSE HERE. Machine guns and hand grenades have been tightly restricted since before anyone here was born. So what's an Assault Weapons Ban going to do for Mexico?

Here's an example of what's going on in Mexico right now:

Click.

Let me just grab some highlights:

"The firefights, which involved automatic weapons and grenades, began when police stopped a vehicle at a checkpoint near an elementary school in an upscale neighborhood of Reynosa, according to reports."

Automatic Weapons? Grenades! WE MUST STOP THE FLOW OF GRENADES INTO MEXICO! *thinks happy thoughts really hard* OK, done.

Let's take a look at the "assault weapons" that are flowing into mexico. This photo is from the gun battle linked above:



Looks like an AR-15! Just like the one I own...except, wait a minute, that barrel looks awfully short! In fact, I would bet my lunch that barrel is far shorter than 16"...Guess what is illegal to own in the United States without a federal background check and a $200 ATF stamp? Oh, that's right, any rifle with a barrel shorter than 16"! We have to make them more illegaler! ZOMG Won't someone think of the little mexican children with the really big eyes?

Nevermind that the AR-15 is the single most common centerfire rifle in this country, bar none. Nevermind that the AR-15 is so popular with Americans that manufacturers have Six Month Waiting Lists for their products. Six Month waiting list in *this* economy. Let's just ban them. For Mexico. Nobody will mind. Because these machine guns and grenades couldn't be coming from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua or any of the other places where the drugs these cartels sell come from. No sir, that couldn't be possible.

Now, I'm not trying to say that guns from the US don't ever go to Mexico. I'm sure hundreds a day make their way south. But the answer isn't to ban guns in the United States. Hey, I've got an idea, instead of banning weapons that Mexicans might use to take back to their country and shoot up some corrupt federales, how about we Ban the Mexicans? Eh? EH? If there are no mexicans going in and out the most porous border on the planet then there won't be any GUNS going that way either. Or DRUGS coming this way. It's a fucking WIN-WIN situation.

If this doesn't piss you off, you need to wake up. This is about more than just guns. If you're thinking to yourself right now "Well, this doesn't affect me. I don't own any guns at all, let alone an 'assault rifle'..." then take a look around, man. Your freedoms are being limited for the sake of another country that can't (and has never been able to) control it's crime. This is not our fault. We bear no responsibility to Mexico to solve their problem. First it's guns, and then what? If the government shows it has no regard for the Constitution and Law, then there is *nothing* to stop that government from restricting any of your freedoms. This is more than a gun issue.

ATTENTION DEMOCRATS:

THE LAST TIME YOU PULLED THIS SHIT YOU LOST CONTROL OF BOTH CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAT.

IF YOU WANT TO STAY IN POWER, KNOCK IT OFF!