Little-Acorn
01-02-2016, 10:56 PM
Mexico has some very strict gun laws, worse than anything here except perhaps for Chicago, DC and other such crime-ridden warrens.
So how could this have happened?
Could it be that people who go around shooting innocent people for their political beliefs, might (gasp) refuse to obey gun-restriction laws?
Maybe Mexico needs to consider some other course, rather than making laws restricting guns from people who obey laws.
And maybe the U.S. should take the hint, too.
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http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-mayor-assassinated-one-day-taking-office-202904917.html?nf=1
Mexico mayor assassinated one day after taking office
AFP
3 hours ago
Jan. 2, 2016
Cuernavaca (Mexico) (AFP) - Several gunmen burst into the home of a newly elected Mexican mayor and shot her dead on Saturday, just hours into her tenure, police said.
Gisela Mota, 33, a left-of-center former member of Congress, was gunned down barely 24 hours after taking her oath of office in the city of Temixco, which is about 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the capital Mexico City.
Temixco is plagued by organized crime and rampant drug trafficking -- problems the slain mayor had vowed to help clean up.
The government of central Morelos state said that two of the suspected gunmen had been killed and one was in custody.
State Governor Graco Ramirez pledged there would be "no impunity."
Morelos has been one of the Mexican states most affected by drug violence plaguing the country, including kidnappings and murders.
More than 100,000 people have been killed or gone missing in a nearly a decade of drug violence nationwide.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who took office in December 2012, has pledged to reduce the murders, kidnappings and extortion haunting Mexicans.
So how could this have happened?
Could it be that people who go around shooting innocent people for their political beliefs, might (gasp) refuse to obey gun-restriction laws?
Maybe Mexico needs to consider some other course, rather than making laws restricting guns from people who obey laws.
And maybe the U.S. should take the hint, too.
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http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-mayor-assassinated-one-day-taking-office-202904917.html?nf=1
Mexico mayor assassinated one day after taking office
AFP
3 hours ago
Jan. 2, 2016
Cuernavaca (Mexico) (AFP) - Several gunmen burst into the home of a newly elected Mexican mayor and shot her dead on Saturday, just hours into her tenure, police said.
Gisela Mota, 33, a left-of-center former member of Congress, was gunned down barely 24 hours after taking her oath of office in the city of Temixco, which is about 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the capital Mexico City.
Temixco is plagued by organized crime and rampant drug trafficking -- problems the slain mayor had vowed to help clean up.
The government of central Morelos state said that two of the suspected gunmen had been killed and one was in custody.
State Governor Graco Ramirez pledged there would be "no impunity."
Morelos has been one of the Mexican states most affected by drug violence plaguing the country, including kidnappings and murders.
More than 100,000 people have been killed or gone missing in a nearly a decade of drug violence nationwide.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who took office in December 2012, has pledged to reduce the murders, kidnappings and extortion haunting Mexicans.