Imagine the murder and mayhem in Chicago’s crime-infested neighborhoods extrapolated to an entire nation. That would be Mexico, with a reported 29,168 murders in 2017. The AP has the sad, pathetic story . .
The number is the highest since comparable records began being kept in 1997 and is also higher than the peak year of Mexico’s drug war in 2011, when there were 27,213 killings.
The Interior Department, which posted the number, reported the country’s homicide rate was 20.5 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, compared to 19.4 in 2011.
But Mexico security analyst Alejandro Hope said Mexico’s murder rate is probably higher than the Interior Department statistics show, because the department does the per 100,000 count based on the number of murder investigations, not the number of victims, and a killing may result in more than one victim.
Hope says the real homicide rate is probably around 24 per 100,000.
Yes, Mexico does a passable imitation of looking like a third-world sh*thole. Between the drug dealing gangs, a corrupt government, cops on the take and a military operating with impunity on native soil, Mexico lacks the rule of law. And the people pay the price.
Law-abiding everyday Mexicans have little to no effective means to fight back against their corrupt .gov officials and the crooked cops. Not at the ballot box or the ammo box. While the right to keep and bear arms is enshrined in the Mexican Constitution, it has little to no meaning on the streets.
Not my circus, not my monkeys?
Criminality is a Mexican export; drug gangs are well established in American cities, increasing crime and corruption wherever they operate.
The poverty created by Mexican corruption increases illegal emigration to America.
And American anti-gunners are bound to use Mexico as an excuse to institute an new “assault weapons” ban if (when?) they federal power.
In short, Mexico’s murder rate is just another reason to stay active and engaged supporting and defending your Second Amendment rights. So your neighborhood doesn’t one day look like Acapulco or Nuevo Laredo.
I think I’ll check out the Palmetto MP5 clone first. MSRP under $800? worth a look to me.
Sales rep told me it would be 2019 before psa would be ready to release anything regarding the mp5 clone.
They should probably spell-check their material before releasing it….
New? I have a Stag 9 that I bought a couple of years ago. It’s been a great carbine, BTW. It was not cheap, though – around $800.
There’s absolutely no chance that any of that crime is spilling across our unprotected 2000 mile border, right?
Mauser 98, sand, mud, cold, hot, wet, dry or on the moon. And a cartridge that works from men to moose.
Yes, as a result of this “news story”, it will reinforce some Rhode Island legislators belief that we have a gun problem. Soon, if not already, they will introduce legislation to ban standard capacity magazines and certain modern sporting rifles and prohibit state pistol permit holders from carrying in schools, grades 1 through 12 where it is still legal. Soccer moms and dads from Barrington wearing red tee shirts will gather at the State House to chant. This happens every year.
Semantics…. they write it off as a “developing nation” and exclude it from any statistics they need to gerrymander in order to prove (prove I tell you!) that gun control works!
Based on CA vote in 2016, isn’t Hillary supposed to be president of Mexico?
California……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXH5RAbvBig
Welcome to WYO
And yet, I kind of want it
I have to admit, if used in self defense, a DBU would be one hell of a story to tell the cops.
OK let me get this right… it’s a $130 pistol that will kill.
It will fit in a purse really nice.
It does feel really good, and also it shoots the same way.
As for the trigger failing to advance post shot to it’s original position, do you really believe that is the norm? Really, do you have any idea of how much bureaucratic bull-feathers a manufacturer has to go through to introduce a new fire arm to the market? Well then you don’t know shinola…
I speak in regards to the .25 ACP version of the essentially same gun. With all it’s bad press.
The shake weight people had to diversify.
Good for them…. and hopefully for us all.
no thanks
my shockwaved 10.5 in 5.56 twist puts them all touching at 50 yards and less than 9″ grouping at 300 with $7.57 a box wal mart ammo and a red dot and bone stock single stage mil spec trigger shooting from a bench rest
total invested: less than $900 all in including the optic
upper receiver: hardened arms sdx mk ll mlok rail 1/7 twist
lower receiver: edc tactical sniper gray cerakoted cnc billet
lower parts kit: black rain ordinance
bolt carrier group: palmetto state armory
complete stock kit: kak industries
red dot optic: vortex sparc ar
weapon light: streamlight 350 lumen
furniture: hera arms pistol grip guntec mlok rail panels mako hand stop
linear comp: rj tactical bmc ultralight
I’ll wait for the lightsaber one!
but look out Dracula I got your number now!
It’s obvious all the gun grabber politicians are now going to have to re-define the meaning of “bayonet lug” as a factor in “assault weapon” bans.
Well………. it has been 100 years since World War I. 1903 Bayonets must be in short supply?
The Anti’s are already formulating their Ban Legislation, you will have 3 months to turn them all in, or risk becoming a felon…
I’m not sure what problem this solves. I see several it creates. Hilarious.
Great find.
I’m sure the military is looking at new options all the time. And some special services use different weapon, but it will be a long time before the overall military goes away from the 5.56 because of the ease of shooting and ammo.
I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Farnam. This is the approach I have since I began building my own rifles. As it is a money driven “hobby”, I chose the AR platform and the 5.56mm caliber due to the reasonable pricing, availability, and interchangeability across the board. Fortunately for our Military, their continued use of the 5.56 is still strategically viable since their opponents are comparably equipped. Advances in ammunition also have helped. And when there is a need for a “better” gun, they build as needed such is the case with the Marines and Special Ops Group. When you’re buying millions of rifles and gazillion rounds of ammo on the tax payer’s dime, I don’t want them to all be set up with HKs and 308s. Lastly, this new Valkyrie round does have my attention.
This article couldn’t have been timed better. Just arguing with some idiot on reddit, i know i know. He was trying to tell me how much the “5.56” has improved and is a great round and doesnt need replacing. This article made my day as I was able to use it for my argument. thanks gents!
btw i fully agree with the viewpoints in the article. cheers!
Ok, so Mr. Farnam has convincingly stated a problem with the status quo as he sees it. And his suggested solution to said problem is…What, exactly?
One of my first (and in hindsight best) bosses in my career taught me early on that if you’re going to voice something you see as a problem, you damn sure also come with an idea for a solution. Whether it’s the right solution or not can be discussed and debated, but if you only state the problem and don’t propose a solution, you’re just whining…
Estonian Hound or Capitalist Dog?
9 out of 10 bears surveyed said ‘bear spray makes you taste like blackened chicken’.
Just kidding, we only found 6 bears, and three of them spoke Canadian.
I have Shot Timer for IPhone, it’s a paid app and it works perfect. I shoot outdoors and only use it by myself of course.
Bardella ought to be careful before he goes down the what “murderers look like” road. It doesn’t lead to where Democrats want to go.
2Day@1159pm ET last chance to make ur voice heard about what a Overreach this is for the ATF to write and Change Laws and definitions on Semi-Autos as NFA Machineguns with rate increasing devices on Semi-Autos.
https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=ATF-2018-0001-0001
I understand the giggles about anonymously “self-“registering another person. That was mentioned in this USNews piece, but not in the SFGate piece it links to, and bill itself attempts to prohibit anonymous registration.
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1927 says
“The department shall ensure that the Internet-based platform does all of the following credibly:
(1) Verifies the identity of a person who opts to register or requests removal.”
The bill doesn’t explicitly state whether these newly self-prohibited persons in the California Do Not Sell List will also flow to the state’s Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS), to arrange a friendly visit by helpful DoJ agents to assist them in relieving themselves of any firearms already in their possession.