Killing candidates south of the border, by Silvio Canto, Jr. at the American Thinker shows us again why we need to hang onto our Second Amendment as if our lives depended on it, because they just might. The Left has effectively banned guns in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Great Britain. Now the international Left is gunning for them here too. And the Biden administration along with the Democrat...er...Communist/Socialist party is doing whatever it can to help. But see what is happening south of the border, down Mexico way:
If it’s Thursday morning, then it’s another post about violence in Mexico. Or as a Mexican friend said: “Dios mio todos los dias” or “My God, every day.” Yes, killing is happening too much south of the border, whether you are a journalist or a couple of candidates running for office. This is the story:
"Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of MaravatÃo have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the country’s most violent on record.
"The widening control of drug cartels in Mexico has been described as a threat. During the last nationwide election in 2021, about three dozen candidates were killed."
"The campaigns haven’t even started yet. They formally begin on Friday."
"On Tuesday, this farming town, where most of the men wear boots and big belt buckles, was in a state of wary shock following the previous day’s killings. Dozens of state police were visible around city hall."
No campaigning yet, but the killers couldn’t care less about that. Who knew that criminals did not obey or respect election campaign laws? Remember that the next time that someone questions your Second Amendment right.
"Who knew that criminals did not obey or respect election campaign laws?" But it should be obvious. Criminals, by definition, do not obey laws. Note that the legitimate purpose of laws is to set the expectations of society, and the punishment meted out if those expectations are not met. Seen in this light, the laws should be few and well understood. God figured you only needed 10 laws, which he layed out in the book of Exodus. But man, always looking for a way to wiggle out of the law, kept pushing the envelope, so the rabbis added explanations. Then some power hungry types added some illegitimate laws as well until the poor Jew living in the first century had 613 of these things to do every single day. We have thousands, and they don't stop even one crime.
One of these illegitimate laws in Mexico is that you CAN have a handgun. Yay...what? But there are restrictions. For instance, it can only be in a caliber that has never been used by a military anywhere in the world. Believe it or not, there are such things: 38 Super Automatic is one such caliber. But there is only one gun store in Mexico where you can buy such a weapon, and of course it is run by the Mexican military. There are other restrictions as well. So few people actually have guns. Suffice it to say that if you are a disfavored candidate in Mexico, your life is...precarious.
Meanwhile, the cartels can get all the guns and ammunition they want, including actual real life assault rifles, not the pretend things we civilians can get here in the States. They just smuggle them in with everything else they are smuggling.
The intent of the Second Amendment was that at a moments notice, in case of invasion, the government could call up the militia, and they would arrive with whatever the current military soldier is equipped with, including guns, ammunition, food, water, ready to go into battle. If we still had that, every man would have an fully select fire M4 style weapon and hundreds of rounds of 5.56 Nato ammunition. We don't, but that was the intent. We can, and should do better
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