The laws, in and of themselves, only represent half of the problem. Legislative bodies can come up with whatever laws they want but as long as the power and capacity to enforce those laws is not on hand then they exist only on paper. The power of enforcement is obviously nonexistent in these areas of Mexico, as it seems they're staring down nothing less than an armed insurgency.
Not saying that your ideas on gun control are wrong, but this is not an effective case study. Show me a case where both gun control laws and the capacity to enforce said laws are strong, yet gun violence is also heavy, and you would have a point.
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