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I think that's a fair assessment - but an incredibly perverse outcome, when a big part of their power is from access to US-sourced guns.
I would guess the long term benefits would outweigh the short term ones - if the gangs have less access to guns, they would become weaker over time and eventually be broken by Mexican and US authorities. But i agree with your main point - a black market for guns and ammunition is going to create its own problems.
How many people - do you think - would be willing to buy guns from a black market source, knowing that the market is controlled by drug gangs? I mean, plenty of people didn't care about buying booze from criminals during Prohibition, but that was a different time. There are more substitutes for black market guns as well - say the law prevents you from buying a semi automatic weapon, but not a shotgun or a handgun. If your reason for owning a gun is personal safety, I think the average person would not bother with the hassle of buying an illegal gun on the black market and buy a legal one instead.
CNN: 5 people accidentally shot at 3 private gun shows. (where were the armed citizens to stop this!) Jan 21, 12:04
Whoosh. Sarcasm went over your head. {nm} Jan 21, 14:49
We really need a sarcasm font then. {nm} Jan 21, 15:04
Pull! *BLAM* {nm} Jan 21, 20:41
Meanwhile, Chicago is outpacing 2012's murder rate. {nm} Jan 21, 20:47
meanwhile, every other developed nation that allows virtually no private gun ownership is not {nm} Jan 21, 21:40
Chicago has some of the strictest laws against handguns in America. Jan 22, 03:28
Isn't Chicago right next to, say, Indiana - which doesn't? It's not as though Chicago is in a vacuum. {nm} Jan 22, 07:02
Are you suggesting that criminals do not obey gun laws? Surely that cannot be the case! {nm} Jan 22, 07:37
I'm saying "why make it so easy for criminals to ignore them?" {nm} Jan 22, 07:41
Joe "I love being president" Biden says we don't have the manpower to enforce the gun laws we have now. Jan 22, 10:19
Isn't the USA right next to Mexico? We can't/won't even control our own border, much less passage of weapons. {nm} Jan 22, 10:07
The US/Mexico weapons traffic goes the other way. {nm} Jan 22, 11:09
I think that's a fair assessment - but an incredibly perverse outcome, when a big part of their power is from access to US-sourced guns. Jan 22, 12:38
Most citizens are not going to make criminals of themselves by buying illegal arms, no matter how much they Jan 22, 13:06
Home invasion IS a growing threat. Jan 22, 14:32
I was going to mention the varitey of characters on that site... Jan 22, 16:16
