Gun Violence: The View from Mexico

By ⋅ December 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Confiscated weapons from a suspected family of drug traffickers in Mexico. (Photo: Reuters)

Confiscated weapons from a suspected family of drug traffickers in Mexico. (Photo: Reuters)

In Mexico, guns are tightly regulated.

Its constitution — like in the US — guarantees the right to bear arms.

But unlike the US, Mexico has laws that make it very hard to legally obtain a firearm.

Still, if you look at the long and violent drug war there, it would seem that such laws don’t make Mexicans any safer.

We speak with Alberto Islas, a security expert based in Mexico City.

Discussion

2 comments for “Gun Violence: The View from Mexico”

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=577226859 Richie Arredondo

    “Still, if you look at the long and violent drug war there, it would seem that such laws don’t make Mexicans any safer.”

    So we totally disregard the fact that weapons are illegally imported into Mexico guess from where? Media…

  • http://www.facebook.com/enrique.uranga Enrique Uranga

    Not difficult to explain why the vicious circle gets perpetuated.
    Illegal drugs and arms ‘flow freely’ in this troubled border, where neither authority will cut the supply, thus empowering organized crime and filling the greedy pockets of arms resellers.

    A matter of utmost importance, where the USA and Mexico will have to work conjunct policies.