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Borderland Beat has the latest fatality stats in the brutal “war on drugs” south of the border. [After the jump.] Actually, it isn’t really a “war on drugs.” It’s a war between drug cartels, with Mexican government forces weighing-in for one side or another depending on who’s paying the most for political patronage. At the same time, the Mexican authorities continue to crack down on civilian gun ownership, leaving millions of citizens defenseless against the drug thugs and their allies, who rape, torture, murder and intimidate the populace with near total impunity. eluniversaldf.mx reports “From December 24, 2012 date that launched the program ‘For Your Family,’ voluntary disarmament through March 2013 have collected a total of 4,282 firearms, 28,259 cartridges.” How many Mexican civilians have been incarcerated for illegal firearms? No se . . .
A total of 4,249 drug-related killings occurred in Mexico from December 2012, when President Enrique Peña Nieto took office, to March 2013, marking a drop of 14 percent from the comparable four-month period in 2011-2012, the Government Secretariat said.
Some 685 fewer murders occurred between Dec. 1, when Peña Nieto took office, and March 31, compared to the prior period, Deputy Government Secretary Eduardo Sanchez said.
Drug-related killings also fell 17 percent compared to the August-November 2012 period, Sanchez said.
A total of 184 law enforcement agents were murdered during the Peña Nieto administration’s first four months, the official said.
The war on drugs launched by former President Felipe Calderon, who was in office from 2006 to 2012, left about 70,000 people dead, or an average of 32 per day, in Mexico, officials say. Other figures put that numbers at around 150,000.
Calderon, of the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, deployed thousands of soldiers and Federal Police officers across the country to fight drug cartels.
And everyone was worried about the NRA cutting a deal…….
I don’t believe him. His story pegs my BS meter. His judgement was extremely poor. I really would like to side with him & tell the liberal guardians of racial justice to go fu.k themselves, in this case I can’t, Randy
It doesn’t matter whether we like this bill or hate this bill, because it’s not going to pass as-is. Does anyone really think that Bloomberg or Emanuel will allow a permit holder who is passing through their kingdoms to say overnight at the Waldorf or Parker House with his pistol? Not a chance.
This bill is going to be gutted. And Bloomberg will pay for the knife.
I needed a good laugh Robert, not a war on drugs…between drug cartels, good one, Randy
Cheers! It’s perfect time to make some plans for the future and it is time to be happy.
Nieto, the current MX pres is PRI,/i> and as such, is rapidly devolving Calderon’s idiotic policies against the drug lords.
The drop in violence is due to the PRI’s real politik and not futilely rocking the weed and coke boat.
It seems logical to me:
1) Add myself to as many class action suits against Cou-oh-no and his wife, the Mayor. There’s no shortage now.
2) Follow DerryM’s advise.
3) Get a really good firearms attorney on retainer and speed-dial.
4) Cancel all psychiatric appointments.
Unbelievable how many compromisers there are.
The anti-rights deluge that’s been pounding on you all over the past months has finally worn you down so much that you actually consider universal background checks and universal registration (stop kidding yourselves, there’s a registry and the in-justice department will never prosecute anyone) to be good things in exchange for table scraps. Pathetic.
Good thing the men of Lexington and Concord didn’t compromise with the men who came for their powder, or you all wouldn’t be here right now arguing over which slave chains are lightest.
Late though it may be, this does show that the NRA is starting
to actively counter some of the craziness that is MAIG and the
anti-rights movement.