“The [Mexican] government said it had reached an agreement with vigilante leaders to incorporate the armed civilian groups into old and largely forgotten quasi-military units called the Rural Defense Corps,” yahoo.com reports. “Vigilante groups estimate their numbers at 20,000 men under arms. The twin announcements may help the administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto find a way out of an embarrassing situation in the western state of Michoacan, where vigilantes began rising up last February against the Knights Templar reign of terror and extortion after police and troops failed to stop the abuses.” Failed as in aided and abetted the cartels’ reign of terror in return for millions of narco-dollars. Which kinda makes you wonder about the future of this “partnership.” And for good reason . . .
Vigilante leaders will have to submit a list of their members to the Defense Department, and the army will apparently oversee the groups, which the government said “will be temporary.” They will be allowed to keep their weapons as long as they register them with the army.
It’s a trap! No really, it is. Registration => confiscation => tyranny => mass murder. Again. Still. After more than two decades of terror, I don’t think the Mexican revolutionaries are gonna buy into this. Then again . . .
Misael Gonzalez, a leader of the self-defense force in the town of Coalcoman, said leaders had accepted the government proposal. But the nuts-and-bolts “are still not well defined,” he added. “We won’t start working on the mechanisms until tomorrow.”
Vigilante leader Hipolito Mora said the agreement also allows those who qualify to join local police forces. “The majority of us want to get into the police … I never imagined myself dressed as a policeman, but the situation is driving me to put on a uniform.”
So they’d sell their freedom to wear the uniform of their oppressors (and feed their families)? Seems so. But this story is far from over. What’s the bet the Knights Templar leader arrested to appease the revolutionaries was “captured” – without a shot fired – with the cartels’ consent? Wheels within wheels, in a country that continues to spin out of control. [h/t JE]
But they just said the other day that the autodefensa groups didn’t exist.
My first thought too, backpedaling as always! You can be a homeland defense just put the names of your group members on the dotted line. It won’t be long before the no knock raids start, both from Mexican police and the cartels that buy copies of those rosters.
That’s what I was thinking. The cartels know everything the government knows — and they’re not going to be happy about getting their asses kicked by Hipolito & co. Putting their names on a government list is a one-way ticket to a pine box and a hole in the ground.
You’d think they’d know better. But then they’re not fervent revolutionaries (or really any kind of revolutionaries), and they’re certainly not politicians. They’re just ordinary people with more guts than most, and they probably want to get back to having normal lives.
My wife & I shot one this weekend & this is the first handgun SHE has wanted. She doesn’t like her Walther PK380, Ruger LCP, or Ruger SR9C, Glock 26 or 30s. But she LOVES this Glock 42 & shot well with it. She may actually seriously consider carrying regularly with this one. She also now wants us to get a charter membership at a new local range & is signing herself up for training classes.
It shoots really well, soft & manageable recoil – certainly over the LCP & TCP class .380’s. Glock is getting our $$ for this one.
The U.S. needs to do that, but if they did all of the Government would be dead….
For effect…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVnArp9ZE0
For the east side of the state, check out spokaneguntrader.com. A good group of guys. Mostly private sales with a few local advertisers.
That can’t be, sarah b said if you give the perp your cash you will be fine. Besides, old Jon wouldn’t want to hear “you didn’t haveeee to shoot him, you waaaanted to shoot him”. Randy
It may be getting boring but, Hickock45, MAC and Sootch for the first three and tn9outdoors for ammo
That is some great trolling! Too bad they can’t accept dissent on their page. I guess the truth is difficult to accept when you want all guns eliminated from civilian hands because it makes you feel good.
That’s a weird tale. All’s well that ends well. So the bard said.
Who are they demanding action from? I demand action at the nightclub & you wouldn’t believe how poorly that turns out. Hopefully we’ll get to see an “or else” on their sign next time, Randy
Should have blasted both of them!
I think “don’t push your luck” would be apt in this situation.
This is another plot for keeping a revolution from happening , and also keeping it quiet here also . Once all of the required registration is completed then the Mexican government will decide to disband this group saying they are no longer needed , I just hope that these Mexican Patriots will not fall for this “bill of goods” . The MSM here has still not covered any of what is happening , because of the fact that a lot of the corruption that is happening there is also happening within our government here , and once the seeds of revolution are planted in the general population it will not be as hard to follow through . Be prepared and ready.Keep your powder dry.
In Her Majesty’s colony of New South Wales the crooks already know who has firearms. Copies of the Firearms Registry’s database were downloaded to the unprotected and unsecured police intranet in MS-Access format with only rudimentary password protection (and we know how secure Micro$oft products are). Copies are known to be in the hands of criminals and several robberies are suspected to have happened based on the contents of the database (such as home invasions of premises where there were a number of handguns were held, and the owner’s then charged with improper safe storage). There have been rumours that copies of the database were handed out by the Greens party to their comrades in the criminal fraternity to justify their anti-gun stance. So the unholy alliance of government, police, and criminals preying on the people is not limited to Mexico, or Chicago.
So…is that dark spot between and above the moms on the left a rare photographic capture of their guardian demon?
I would count the days before the scumbag was let out of jail, so that I could repay him (with interest) for what he did to me. Jail would only be the beginning of his pain.
I’m going to go ahead and not get blocked….SOMEONE needs to be able to see what tripe their floating and pass it along 🙂
That said, I wonder how many people Bloomberg is paying to scrub the comments so efficiently?
I know you aren’t supposed to enter your recently violated house until the Po Po get there, but I feel like I would. I have a lot of stuff I like in my house, and I’m not all about giving it away.
Again, there is research on the actual facts here. Concealed carry has a measurable and statistically significant impact on rape (even more than murder). So, if you buy into the “feeling” that women can’t shoot their rapist because they “know” them, the hard facts disprove your feeling. Even if the effect is due to the rapist not knowing whether their victim has a gun or not, therefore preventing the start of the crime, the fact is that more guns equal less rape. Gun rights is one of the key women’s issues of our time.
Translation: “I don’t really have anything useful or insightful to say, but I still want to sound intelligent. Please ignore my pretentiousness.”
At the range, do a mag dump and see how close you can get to one in the pipe before it lights. I bet there is some latency.
We were well on our way to disarming ourselves when the 68 gca jolted us awake. Followed by the 94 awb.
We were changing from a rural country to a city country. When i was a kid people had shotguns, rimfires and hunting rifles. Pretty fudd like as a nation. Military arms in citizens hands were usually trophies from the ww2 era and a lot of these had been converted to sporters. handguns were much the same. Rimfires, revolvers and most of the autos I saw as a kid were bringbacks from ww2. You’d have the uncle that had a luger with 1 mag and a half box of fmj’s.
We were well on our way to being a parody of England. A few sporting arms and not much else. 1968, the crack epidemic of the 80’s and the awb woke us up.
What do you really think is behind the over-reaction to all the gun related issues. School lockdowns are a way to condition children to fear guns to the point they will never want to own one. once you have two generations where the people are so ungodly afraid of guns, disarmament will be easy.
dumb.
the knife stabbed the cop the kid didnt do it, why cant you guys ever get it right. ban all knives!!
Feeding problems, nasty bite on loading a heavy spring mag, overpriced for what you get, and probably darn expensive.
I have shot some expensive ammo that was supposed to be end all. The only thing they ended up is going through my wallet like a hole saw. I stopped buying these wonder bullets after pulling them from medium to large game I took. Only in almost idea conditions does the bullet act in the way they were intended. Otherwise they work about 30% of what they are supposed to. Save your money and practice more. Volume of fire in the right spot will overcome a stingy shot by a wonderbullet.
It was a result of lack of proper training with the gear. They were not taught to apply downward pressure, then defeat the retention device, and then lift the pistol. I have never once drawn a pistol from the SERPA and ended up with my finger on the trigger before the barrel was oriented at the target.
I’ve wondered why you spend so many resources on creating gun free zones and banning guns, etc.
Wouldn’t that time and money be better spent attacking the real problem?
How about a plan to make mental health care more readily available and effective?
Programs that teach the damage bullying causes?
Programs to teach respect and tolerance?
Why not go after the real problem instead an inanimate object?