The situation in Mexico has serious consequences for our Rights, and even our lives here in AZ and all along the Mexican border. We cannot emphasize enough how much it is in our interest to have a free, safe and prosperous Mexico as our neighbor. Many of us have family, friends there and they are our neighbor.

We strongly support the Human Rights of the Mexican people to be able to defend themselves. That means the Mexican people should once again have the rights and resources to possess, bear and use modern and effective firearms. As over 70 years of corrupt federal government and it's attending gun control have shown, the bumper sticker is so true. "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". Mexico is a textbook example of the failures of gun control. While some very limited firearms are permitted on paper, and in practice, the real effect has been to disarm the good people of Mexico.
That was done by the very corrupt political party that ran a country rich in natural resources and people, into the ground to prevent a revolution, not to "control crime" as was the pretense.

As the archived reports will show, the defenseless people of Mexico have suffered way too much. They deserve much better. We need to help.

Given the gravity of the ongoing drug war in Mexico our neighbor to the south, ASR&PA has been working to monitor the border situation and it's many effects on our state and our members:

Including drug and human trafficking, with related issues of murders, kidnappings, home invasions, extortion, destruction of wildlife habitat, illegal immigration, white slavery, money laundering, expenses of incarceration and medical treatments, the list goes on and on. Also de facto cession of areas of the state to the DTO's; fugitives, cash, firearms and ammunition running south. Most of these issues could be significantly reduced by simply securing the border.

To get it out of the way, ASR&PA does support legal immigration, trade, and travel between our countries. Especially so that we and our Mexican neighbors can once again freely and safely travel to our neighboring countries for competition, training, hunting and just enjoy good company.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

AZMEX UPDATE 5-1-06

AZMEX UPDATE 5 JAN 2006

Thursday, January 5, 2006
Mexican criminals turning to U.S. for easy gun purchases

CLAUDINE LoMONACO

Tucson Citizen

In mid-November, Mexican police Officer Alan Rodriguez caught a pair of armed bandits who had just assaulted a group of immigrants.

The assault took place in Sasabe, in Sonora, but the .38- and .22-caliber guns, as with most weapons used by border bandits, came from the United States. The two said they'd purchased them in Tucson.

Guns are largely illegal in Mexico and difficult for private citizens to attain. The application process can take years and includes an examination of a person's "moral character" and proven need for a gun.

So criminals turn largely to the United States with its more liberal gun laws.

"It's probably easier for some of these guys to acquire a weapon legally in the U.S. than it is to try to get one illegally in Mexico," said U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement spokesman Russel Ahr.

Ninety percent of the illegal guns traced in Mexico come from the United States, estimated Sig Celaya of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Arizona, Texas and California are the top source states.

Many of the guns that end up in Mexico are purchased at gun shows or pawn shops where there are no waiting periods, said Celaya. Criminals, or others not legally able to buy guns, often get them through "straw purchases" where someone else legally purchases the weapon and passes it along.

In 1997, then-President Clinton and then-Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo signed the Organization of American States Firearms Convention that would help slow the flow of illicit weapons into Mexico. The Senate has yet to ratify it.

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