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Originally Posted by KirStang
Mexico has one of the worst crime rates anywhere. Guns are banned there. Go figure.
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Got some numbers to support that? Everything I've read has Mexico with lower crime stats then the US in almost ever violent crime category. There are more murders here per 100K, over double 13.04 per 100K to 5.62. But all other major categories are half, or less, then in the US. For example in Mexico the number aggravated assaults per 100K was 186.68 in 2004 in the US it was 310.14. Rape-14.26 in Mex. and 32.99 in the US.
There's always been this argument that the numbers for Mexico are low because the general population doesn't report crime. I don't know how you prove or disprove something that isn't being reported. I do know in all the years, nearly 20, I've been coming down here I've never had a problem. Most of the crime seems to be near the border or in Mexico City.
Crime Rates Mexico
In Merida (the largest city near me) the crime rate was reported to be the lowest of any North American city with a population of more then 1 millon in 2003. Lower then any city of that size in the US or Canada. I've walked the streets of Merida all hours of the day and have never felt any unease, certainly have never seen any violence. Recently there's been an increase in drug gang related violent crimes. But the bottom line is if you're not in the drug trade you're at little risk.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The reason you may not want to go "all out" is because, as an individual, your limitations on safely using and delivering a nuclear bomb on an intended target posing an immediate threat upon your life. In addition, people who own weapons for personal protection generally understand and accept the concept of using only enough force to eliminate life threatening risks. Those two factors lead reasonable people wanting a weapon for personal protection to cross nuclear bombs off of the list.
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The 2nd Amendment states-
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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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Doesn't say anything about "limitations on safely using" If I have the right to bear arms and that right can not be infringed on then I want a nuke. I most certainly want to be the first in my neighborhood to get one too. If I can't have that I'll take a M-1 Abrams.