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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
Isn't it odd that Mexican criminals still have access to his kind of hardware, despite strict Mexican gun-control laws? Take a lesson from them, anti-gun activists. Economic difficulties are the prime cause of gun violence, not the availability of guns. Perhaps you should focus your efforts on the disease rather than the symptoms.
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I don't find it odd at all. I'm sure its very easy to smuggle guns into that country, Especially if you are a drug cartel. The amount of gun violence also clearly indicates that availability is high not low. Poverty is certainly a factor in the causes of violence yes, but availability is also a key factor too (hard to have gun violence with out guns). The problem with guns is they make it easier to kill in a moment of anger.
Now mind you I am a realist, and I am perfectly aware that the criminal element when faced with the unavailability of guns would simply switch to knives and chains and other old school gang weapons, but the results tend to be a little less lethal.