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, April 6, 2011

Border op pt 2 5-1-07

Guard wasn't overrun by gunmen, officials say
Associated Press
Jan. 5, 2007 05:20 PM
TUCSON - Armed men who prompted National Guard soldiers to leave an
observation post near the Mexican border came within 100 yards of the
troops, but apparently were unaware of the presence of the Guard
members, authorities said Friday.

Four soldiers near Sasabe decided to move to a safer position late
Wednesday night as the group of four or five armed men apparently
from Mexico approached, Border Patrol spokesman Mario Martinez said
in Washington.

"There were no shots fired, no attacks, no overrunning of the
National Guardsmen," nor any contact with the group, Martinez said.

Border Patrol agents responded within minutes and followed tracks
believed left by the group back to the Mexican border, Martinez said.

The National Guard troops are in Arizona and the three other border
states assisting Border Patrol agents in a variety of roles, such as
operating surveillance cameras, repairing border fences, constructing
vehicle barriers and reporting illegal entries.

Observation teams such as the one that saw the armed men near Sasabe
look out and report illegal border crossings to federal agents.

Maj. Paul Aguirre, spokesman for the Arizona National Guard, said
those team members always carry arms for self-defense.

"The National Guard personnel's reaction was exactly as planned for
and prepared," Aguirre said. So was the Border Patrol's response
within a few minutes, he added.

"There was no harm done to any of the personnel or the site," Aguirre
said.

He said he was not aware of any similar incidents involving other
guard units.

Martinez also said the soldiers did not report seeing the men
carrying anything that might be contraband.

U.S. Border Patrol officials are investigating the incident.

The incident occurred between Nogales and Lukeville.

The National Guard troops are not allowed to apprehend illegal
immigrants.

"We don't know if this was a matter of somebody coming up
accidentally on the individuals, coming up intentionally on the
individuals, or some sort of a diversion," said Rob Daniels, a
spokesman for the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector.

The west desert corridor has been the busiest in the Tucson Sector
for marijuana seizures since last year.

With more Border Patrol agents and National Guard troops patrolling
the Arizona section of the U.S.-Mexican border, it has become more
difficult to smuggle drugs and people across and "that heightened
frustration may have been connected to what took place last night,"
Daniels said

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