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 5

Guard did not flee armed men near Sasabe, general says
B. POOLE
Tucson Citizen

National Guardsmen were carrying loaded M-16s when they were
approached by armed men near Sasabe Jan. 3, but they backed off
because they were following the rules agreed upon by the border
states and the federal government, the National Guard's top general
in Arizona told the Tucson Citizen in a recent interview.
They did not flee, said Maj. Gen. David P. Rataczak, commander of
National Guard troops in Arizona.
"They left because that's what they were taught to do," Rataczak said.
The guard has three main missions along the border: watching for
people or vehicles, manning command posts so Border Patrol officers
can work in the field and performing engineering jobs, such as
building or repairing fences and roads, Rataczak said.
He denied that the guardsmen fled, stating instead that the troops
were following rules of engagement signed by governors of the border
states, the Border Patrol and the Department of Defense.
"Unless they feel personally threatened, they have to leave and walk
away and not get into a confrontation with these people, and that's
what they did," Rataczak said.
The three guardsmen were approached in the dark by four or five men
who came close enough for the guardsmen to talk to them. A language
barrier prevented communication, and the guardsmen left their
position and called the Border Patrol, Rataczak said.
"We do not handle people. We do not arrest people, and we do not
detain people. Border patrol is there, we have radio communication
with them and they will respond to these types of situations," he said.
The troops called Border Patrol agents, who responded within minutes
on foot and in ground vehicles and helicopters. The men who
approached the guardsmen were not aggressive and did not raise their
weapons, Rataczak said.
"The site was under control, our people were under control and, as I
said, they were standing off to the side watching the site and
watching these people," he said.
The people disappeared in the darkness and were not apprehended. The
National Guard has 60-80 such observation posts along the border on
any given day. The sites change daily based on intelligence and
Border Patrol needs, Rataczak said.
The contact was expected, Rataczak said.
"We anticipated this. We knew at some point in the future that
someone would eventually approach these sites," he said.

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