ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

Almost all of the guns used in homicides in Mexico are illegal to own there. Derp to your derp, derp derp!

Now you're getting a capitalized DERP.

I didn't say they weren't and that wasn't implied nor mentioned in the meme or our discussion thus far. It's irrelevant.

Neither I nor anyone else here is arguing against better enforcement of existing laws (in the U.S., Mexico, or anywhere else) when supporting some new laws to better ensure public safety.

Some of those proposed new laws, in fact, simply give law enforcement the authority to better enforce existing laws. Unwillingness or inability to enforce existing gun laws fully is a problem in both the U.S. and Mexico. However, it doesn't mean that existing gun laws aren't sometimes enforced and useful in gun violence prevention in both countries.

Guess how many times I've read posts by anti gun-control advocates like you and several others here contending that only law-abiding U.S. citizens would be negatively impacted by new gun laws because criminals just get them illegally anyway? 5,000 would be a conservative guess. So, you're just saying the same U.S. rhetoric can be applied to Mexico.

Guess how many of the guns used to commit crimes in countries where guns are prohibited were illegally owned? 'Every damn one of them' would be the obvious correct answer. That doesn't mean that those countries don't have significantly lower gun violence rates than countries with comparatively lax gun laws.

Guess how often guns used to commit crimes in U.S. states with comparatively strict gun laws were brought in from states with laxer gun laws? 'A whole fuckin lot' would be a reasonable response.

Do you get yet that the U.S. and Mexico face similar challenges and experience similar rates of high gun violence for many of the same reasons (and how that does not support your original point and agenda)?