TTAG tipsters have been sending me links to stories about the growing number of civilian militias forming south of the border. They do so to highlight the fact that Mexicans are fighting back against corruption and cartel carnage by exercising their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Only Mexico’s “Second Amendment” isn’t like ours. Article 10 was amended in 1971, after anti-government riots engulfed the country. It reads as follows . . .
The inhabitants of the United Mexican States have the right keep to arms in their homes, for security and legitimate defense, with the exception of those prohibited by federal law and those reserved for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy, Air Force and National Guard. Federal law will determine the cases, conditions, requirements, and places in which the carrying of arms will be authorized to the inhabitants.
So, unlike the U.S. Constitution which protects citizens’ natural or human right to armed self-defense against federal (and, post McDonald, state and local) infringement, the Mexican government grants the right to keep and bear arms. Or, of course, not.
Big on the “not.”
Civilian disarmament has enabled monstrous cruelty from the Mexican army, local and state police, and the cartels—players so heavily intertwined that citing them separately is to make a distinction without a difference.
It’s no wonder that brutalized Mexicans caught in the crossfire have taken it upon themselves to tool-up to protect their lives and livelihoods. It’s also no wonder that the government is moving to disarm them.
To wit: this story from excelsior.com.mx [Google translation]:
Tuxtla Gutierrez, February 22. – Civil groups self in Chiapas will be disarmed by the Army General Raul warned David Guillen Altúzar, commander of the military garrison of San Cristobal de las Casas.
In an interview set up roadblocks on citizens in various states, primarily in Guerrero, the general said “(those groups) will have to be disarmed. “The law applies to firearms, as stipulated for all Mexicans. ”
Excelsior reported yesterday that residents of Ayutla, Guerrero, first staged a shootout at a roadblock who installed, which killed a suspect. Since it began operations, the civilian police have killed three people . . .
The Mexican army proceed to disarm civilian groups seeking to defend its territory against crime, said General Raúl David Guillén Altúzar, garrison commander in San Cristobal de las Casas.
“It has to be the political authority which must come to calm down those groups that have chosen to take up arms to defend themselves,” he said.
Thus the Mexican Army “has chosen to mount military checkpoints in order to build confidence among the population, however, detect a group of armed civil law applies firearms and explosives.”
“Building confidence” by disarming law-abiding citizens seeking to protect themselves against criminals and their own government. Sound familiar? If not now . . .
If the Mexican police really want to take guns away from civilians, they should be setting up roadblocks in front of the ATF.
Our beloved AG might get Furious real Fast!
Any government who doesn’t consider your life worth protecting by disarming you only wants you as a slave and they fear your intentions after theirs are plainly manifest. Mexico is the same way and the United States government would do away with all guns if they could. God Bless the 2nd Amendment and Anti-Federalists who insisted it be written down. Kill the bad guys. http://assaultriflebrotherhood.com/2014/04/28/vigilantes-of-michoacan/
When I cross the Border from USA to Mexico there is a B I G sign :
NO GUNS
NO AMUNITION
(Unless your name is Erick Holder)
“Legitimate defense”
If it’s a case of illegitimate defense the body has a way of shutting that whole thing down.
Anyone have any insights on 300 Win Mag versus 338 Lapua? Seems like the former is much easier to come by.
I love how the media gets into a giant circle jerk when they are in total agreement with their guest on a subject. I thought they were going to need a cigarette at the end of the video! There were no hard questions asked, no devil’s advocate. Just nod and “hummm” to each other. It almost felt rehearsed. They just can’t stand that Mr. Colion Noir does not fit into their victim paradigm. He is a self reliant man who is successful and intelligent and owns firearms.
“Legal to hunt humans…” is one of the most asinine things I have ever heard from some who is not considered legally retarded. Perhaps she should be.
I have one HK P30L. Is there any company that offers improved weapon accessories such as company APEX ? I want to shrink more recoil and trigger stroke
OMG! It has a high capacity rain feeding device! OMG!
Maybe she’s thinking about espisode 1 of “Return To The Planet of the Apes”
Between 2:30 and 4:35 of the following video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdG3K90LSDs
the ape council is debating how to deal with the “human crisis”. One faction wants to exteriminate the humans. The other faction wants to preserve humanity for study.
In what other Saturday morning cartoon would the characters talk about hunting humans for “legitimate sport” (at 3:50 )?
Today’s cartoons aren’t preparing kids for the post-apocalypse, the way that “Planet of the Apes” and “Thundar the Barbarian” did.
We need to somehow get Zo Nation and AmidstTheNoise involved as well for a social media full court press. What would be great is if there are also some Hispanic, Asians well known in various gun communities and others who can climb on board. Then, they would have to attack all these groups and not just the OFWG.
Great! Now please release the best long range platform sako trg m10 for civilian market.
In my opinion much better than the msr
Coming soon to any where near you.
I just saw a vehicle that looked a lot like that with “St. Louis County Police” on it. I’m sure it’s nothing…
And, that reminds me of a St. Louis County budget crisis [last year, or was it the year before?]. They were going to have to sell the parks to cities, among other things. In the noise…they found a parking garage full of brand new cars, lost & forgotten for several years.
Frum is a chickenhawk of the worst kind.
What struck me was how completely UNsuprised I was to find out Mark Kelly is a flaming hypocrite. Nice backpedal after getting caught, numbnuts!
You gotta remember the brady/grabber ralleying cry is death to….well..us & themselves. There isn’t going to be a lot of good to come out of that mans army, Randy
Well, I just got my CZ P-07 9mm yesterday. Pictures don’t do it justice; it looks far more impressive in person. I’ll have a full range report sometime later, but here are my initial impressions: Wow. I have medium-sized hands, and this is easily the most natural feeling gun I’ve ever held. I’d seen other comments stating that once you pick it up, it’s hard not to keep doing so – agreed. You can feel the low bore axis, too; if it were a car, I’d say it achieves close to the perfect 50/50 front/rear weight distribution (and center of gravity). The trigger pull is a little long in DA, but very smooth (no “stepping” or “grittiness” that I could feel), and sublime in SA. Thankfully, it eschews the trigger safeties that other manufactures have adopted (the “flex” trigger in S&W models, the XD and Glock “split” trigger, etc). I’ve found all of those systems disruptive and generally detrimental to the overall shooting experience. The slide cycles with reassuring authority.
I’ve read elsewhere that the pistol feels “plastic-y” or “like a toy”. I can assure you, it does not. If it feels “plastic-y” compared to a metal-bodied pistol – well, it’s a polymer body – what did you expect? The ergonomics and grip are about as close to perfect as possible (possibly better than my CZ-75B; sort of an apples/oranges comparison, though) and the P-O7 does not feel cheap, with the exception of the sights (EDIT: not sure if the sights are metal or not – don’t have the pistol handy to check. Either way, the next sentence stands). I fully intend to replace those with higher quality metal night sights, but I’m in no particular hurry to do so. The magazine easily drops free when the mag release is depressed, and (with my medium sized hands) all the control elements are easily accessible. I’m using the manual safety on my P-07, so it will function as a SAO platform, in my case. As such, I would not recommend attempting to manually decock the pistol while in a firing grip; (cleared and unloaded) I tried and wasn’t confident enough to feel comfortable controlling the hammer all the way down unless I switched into a non-firing hold (if you do switch hand positions to decock, lowering the hammer is easy and feels perfectly safe – just keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction). Not a terribly big deal, but worth noting if you don’t plan on using the included decocker.
I had no trouble retracting the slide – again, I’d seen complaints that it was particularly difficult. Either I have abnormally strong hands (maybe?) or other reviewers were really looking to nitpick (not Mr. Piccione, above). Yes, I’ve owned other pistols with slides that were easier to retract (and some more difficult, namely my M&P .40 Compact). That doesn’t make this one difficult. All-in-all, I’m very impressed. We’ll see how that opinion stands after a few hundred rounds of grimy, gritty range ammo.
[To answer the inevitable questions that follow this kind of post: I’m right handed. I haven’t attempted any ambidextrous control use, so I can’t comment on that. I plan on using this pistol as a defense and range gun primarily, with occasional open or concealed carry as necessary. I was a U.S. Army Infantryman. List of previous guns owned: CZ-52 (7.62×25), Hi-Point 9mm Carbine, Alchemy Arms Spectre .45 (very rare, look it up; it’s an all metal, striker-fired 1911/Glock-ish hybrid), CZ 75B 9mm w/Omega trigger, S&W M&P .40 Compact). Yes, I’m a big CZ fan. No, I don’t work for CZ. My P-07 is from the “B” series production run, so it doesn’t have any of the frame bulge/return to battery/mag release fail-to-drop issues.]
Wait a minute, is he claiming that he purchased them…ironically…