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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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9. There is only one legal gun store in the country,

Reply to Eko (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 12:13 AM

Aug 2019

which happens to be sitting in a military base.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Mexico

The cartels, and Australian biker gangs and US drug gangs, use the black market or make their own. Gun laws affect only those who are not the problem.

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44 countries with the lowest murder rate and their gun laws. [View all] Eko Aug 2019 OP

re: I believe this is a good place to start. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #1

Having more restrictive gun laws. Eko Aug 2019 #2

Burkina Faso... You're kidding me right? discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #22

The correlation seem evident. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #3

What was their crime rates before gun laws? gejohnston Aug 2019 #4

Feel free to show their crime rates before gun laws. Eko Aug 2019 #6

Since most of my information gejohnston Aug 2019 #8

Well, one persons opinion is obviously the gold standard then. Eko Aug 2019 #10

I answered your first question, gejohnston Aug 2019 #13

What was my first question? Eko Aug 2019 #15

How are Mexico's gun laws far stricter? Eko Aug 2019 #7

There is only one legal gun store in the country, gejohnston Aug 2019 #9

So where do all these people in mexico get their guns from? Eko Aug 2019 #11

Ah, Eko Aug 2019 #12

no, gejohnston Aug 2019 #14

Sure, Eko Aug 2019 #16

no, gejohnston Aug 2019 #17

How do we know they were obviously not of us origin? Eko Aug 2019 #18

GAO report said so gejohnston Aug 2019 #19

Really? Eko Aug 2019 #20

Those would be the ones stolen from the Mexican military, gejohnston Aug 2019 #21

The Mexican military also has a problem with SF types deserting to work for cartels: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 #23

k for visibility riversedge Aug 2019 #5