L.A. Times Still Trying To Blame U.S. For Mexico’s Violence

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Posted May 25, 2018 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Mexico is a violent hellhole these days. The drug cartels have such a hold on parts of the country that the entire nation is descending into failed state status at an alarming rate. The violence down there is sobering and staggering.

And, to hear the left tell it, it’s all our fault.

People forget that the Obama administration did their part to arm Mexican drug cartels through Operation Fast & Furious.

Now, though, the American people–in particular, our refusal to give up our Second Amendment rights–is once again being blamed for violence in Mexico.

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 2nd 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 …Read the Rest

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