[quote=CONCHO]
I think firearms should be illegal here just like in Mexico. Then we will be able to enjoy the same high levels of safety that the Mexican people have.
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Did you read the article I linked to? Concho is essentially correct. The common person cannot, and does not, legally own guns in Mexico. Yet Mexico is wildly lawless and dangerous in places and major shootouts in the center of town are commonplace.
An exaggerated example that highlights the issue is to take as a given that aspirin costs $1,000,000.00 per pill, and can only be purchased on a military base in Colorado Springs, and only with the permission of your corrupt local officials, and then claiming aspirin is freely available to any US citizen.
