…when a lie works better?
The LA Times reported:
“Lawmakers in Mexico are demanding an investigation into a U.S. law enforcement operation that allowed hundreds of weapons to flow into the hands of Mexican drug cartels amid claims from a ranking legislator that at least 150 Mexicans have been killed or wounded by guns trafficked by smugglers under the watch of U.S. agents.”
In other words, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives conspired to enable illegal firearm purchases and smuggling of these guns into Mexico, resulting in 150 Mexicans getting shot.
Dan Gifford wrote about the motive for such actions. Quoting Charles Krauthammer, it’s all about foisting gun control as a panacea to violence. (In this case, it’s about convincing you that a new “assault weapons” ban will save Mexico.)
“Ultimately, a civilized society must disarm its citizenry if it is to have a modicum of domestic tranquillity of the kind enjoyed in sister democracies like Canada and Britain … Yes, Sarah Brady is doing God’s work.”
Since their bans, violent crime rates skyrocketed, led by rape. UK women are now raped about twice as often as American women, and Australian women at thrice the rate as in gun-owning America. Nice job betraying your sisters, Sarah.
Part of their lie is the reference to Canada – as a Canadian, I know that Canadians are armed legally. The CDN govt. did a large registration campaign years ago but Canadians are still free to legally purchase firearms.
Darrenb,
Registration leads to confiscation.
Canada isn’t quite as far down that road as Britain and Australia – yet.
It will get there, unless you manage to stop it.
The story in Britain,
Legally held Centre fire semi auto rifles and carbines confiscated in 1988 – no taking gas pistons out – the law says everything will be classified at the max something was, so if it was once semi auto, it will always be classified as semi auto until it is melted.
Legally held pistols confiscated 1998 (Centrefire) and 1999 (all others).
Add to that the denial of certificates for all sorts of bureaucratic reasons and the raiding of any who are awkward with the bureaucrats, and the remaining legally held shotgun and manually operated rifle numbers are in steep decline too.
Notice that I wrote “legally held”
The drugs gangs bring drugs in by the ton (well proven by seizures of that size), so have little difficulty bringing in the latest and best in pistols and selective fire rifles and SMGs.
Handgun use in crime increased five fold in the ten years from the handgun confiscations.
Psycho bouncer, Raoul Moat had no difficulty getting an unlicensed shotgun hours after he got out of prison.
Even back in the mid 90s, you were more than twice as likely to be mugged, assaulted on the street or have your house burgled in Britain as in the US. Britain’s “Hot” burglary rate (burgled while you are in the house) was 50%, the US 14%. Those difference between those figures has only widened since then.
Canadian gun regsitration scheme is a total failure costing billions and large number of Canadians are failing to comply knowing that in all countries registration has led to confication. Gun control has never been shown to reduce crime since criminals don’t care about laws. In fact criminal love gun control. It makes their job much more safe.