/k/ - Weapons

You have to remember this guy is a cartel plant doing what the cartel wants anon, he'd be face down in a ditch otherwise.

>>594192

How did the cartels rise to absolute power in Mexico? Why haven't they been stopped?

>>594243

>control drug trade

>only faction in the country with guns

>own fucking tanks

>largest drug market in the world is right next door

>>594243

Wasn't spic police blasting cartel gansters with miniguns from their helicopters a while ago?

>>594266

That was either the Mexican Navy or the Federal Police or the Air Force.

Local or State police can't do shit.

>>594176

I haven't even read the article but I can guess what happened since it's not the first time that it happens:

In order to be able to carry and own restricted weapons (anything in 5.56, 9mm, etc.) the police agency ( local or state) must have a collective licence issued by SEDENA. After a time you must ask for a new one or your guns will be confiscated. As I said, is not the first time it happens, but the relevant thing is the slingshit part.

But well, is fucking VeracruZ. Those guys are already dead.

>>594340

Can you give a nutshell of Mexican gun laws? I think you guys have the right to bear arms in your constitution. And bottom line, how easy is it to actually get a gun in Mexico (both legally and illegally)?

>>594356

Their gun laws are worse than Australia-tier, and getting a gun illegally requires cartel ties.

>>594356

>I think you guys have the right to bear arms in your constitution

If that is true, then Mexico is essentially what the establishment politicians want American gun laws to emulate. IIRC there's only one gun store in Mexico, in the capital, and you have to jump through all kinds of hoops and "prove a need" (self-defense is not considered a need) to get a gun – if the government likes you, that is. And if you oppose cartels, you can strike yourself off the list of people the government likes.

So essentially they have the right to bear arms in a nominal sense. You can indeed get a gun. It's just that gun ownership has been restricted to the point that it's effectively banned. Although they technically allow people to own guns, so if people complain about it they can say "well, technically you still have the right to bear arms."

>>594356

Basically this >>594372

Yet is not that impossible. It's just so goddamn annoying and cumbersome that no one gives a fuck.

And while getting a gun through illegal ways is possible, if you live near the border then there's probably one guy that uses his Visa to do engage in small scale gunrunning. Some guys just get some 9mm or some revolver and sometimes they cross guns for their friends and relatives -and they aren't necessarily criminals, they just want something that makes them feel a bit safe.