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.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

AZMEX TEXMEX AMMO 7-2-09

note  it really texmex, but a look at what's happening, and it in english.
Also relevant to new legislation here.
thx



Man faces 10 years in ammunition smuggling case

The Associated Press
Posted: 02/07/2009 09:18:56 AM MST



LAREDO, Texas—A men's club manager accused of trying to smuggle ammunition into Mexico inside a hidden vehicle compartment has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Raul Alvarez, 29, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in April. On Friday, Alvarez entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle ammunition from the United States into Mexico, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
He was arrested in December at an international bridge in Laredo, while traveling to Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials doing a random inspection of his vehicle discovered 282 rounds of ammunition, three pistol magazines and eight assault rifle magazines. The ammunition was stored in a secret compartment built into the Ford Expedition's passenger side rear quarter panel, federal prosecutors said.
U.S. and Mexican authorities are working to stop the flow of U.S. guns and ammunition that end up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, officials said.
Alvarez's attorney, David Almaraz, questioned whether the ammunition smuggling statute his client was charged under applied. Almaraz told the Laredo Morning Times it was not a case he could take to trial.
"We're talking about bullets you can buy over the counter ... bullets are bullets; it's all about what you're going to do with them," he said.
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