Gringo Guns
We're not sending tourists over the border anymore. We're sending guns.
Fri Mar. 20, 2009 2:46 PM PDT
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Mark Fiore is an editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and dozens of other publications. He is an active member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and has a web site featuring his work.
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Wrong!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri Mar. 20, 2009 5:41 PM PDT.
Except that all law enforcement people ( you know, those who actually deal with the problem) say that the guns in the hands of the narco-criminals are not from the US. They come from S. America, and corrupt Mexican police. But hell, don't let that little fact stop you leftists from blaming America.
Wrong! right back at you.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun Mar. 22, 2009 11:52 AM PDT.
Wrong! right back at you. If you are a true U.S.A. capitalist then you must be a believer in supply and demand. We indeed demand a steady supply of drugs so regardless of weather we are supplying the hardware, we definitely supply the money for it. If taking responsibility for ones actions is one of our core beliefs as a society then you are completely and unequivocally wrong when you say we are not responsible for those guns. Affecting demand will affect supply, it is a relatively simple concept anyone can understand.
I can solve this. Legalize
Submitted by Anonymous56444 (not verified) on Mon Mar. 23, 2009 2:44 AM PDT.
I can solve this. Legalize all drugs and have closed borders. If drugs were legalized we wouldn't have drug cartels would we? No more modern day al capone! The Drug War isn't working and Prohibition didn't work. Its harder for a teen to get alcohol then weed. Whens the last time you have seen budwiser selling booze inside and around schools?
At least legalize weed there is no such thing as an overdose unlike alcohol.
Gringo Guns
Submitted by Ivan (not verified) on Tue Mar. 31, 2009 7:36 PM PDT.
Weapons and drugs are a cross selling business, what is important to see is that drugs dealers lives doesnt´n care to anybody, in fact, if they have a war and they just kills some other dealers please, never stop until you kill each other.
Consuming drugs is a personal choice so if people want to die by using these substances that have not quality control, can hurt and entire healthy body is also a personal choice, in fact if millions of people who choosed this life style die soon, not many people will miss them to.
The real problem and the real victims of this dirty business are inocent children, I don´t need to explain the rest.
Let´s legalize drugs, let´s charge huge taxes if you are producer and use that money in childhood education, those kids will grow up and they will also make their own choice one day.
Alcohol and cigarrets are the best sample.
Legalization
Submitted by h8ed (not verified) on Tue Mar. 31, 2009 10:39 PM PDT.
Legalization of drugs makes sense, but America actually making a common sense solution is definitetly not around the corner. Many Americans live in a constant fear and a perpetual state of self-delusion regarding legalizing drugs.
It’s definitely delusional to think drug prohibition will be successful when alcohol prohibition was a complete sociological disaster.
Love the cartoons. Next
Submitted by Poppa Cap (not verified) on Wed Apr. 1, 2009 4:47 AM PDT.
Love the cartoons. Next cartoon idea? Serial number traces of the full auto weapons confiscated from the many crime scenes. Ooops. Not US full autos from US gun stores, but rather those full autos stolen from the Mexican military. Cartoon host character? Dupey McGullible, The Blind-eyed Smear Campaign Parrot. Oh yeah, seal the border.
When Hillary came to Mexico
Submitted by maya0 (not verified) on Mon Apr. 6, 2009 12:14 PM PDT.
When Hillary came to Mexico and tutt tutt over the evil that drugs coming up from Mexico do in the US, she forgets to mention the enormous Remington Gun Factory off interstate 35 in Arkansas that produces tons of guns and ammo. Get real. How dare the US ask Mexico to strike down the drugs cartels, when not one, not one arms factory in the US is shut down. Never will happen because of all the money the guns political aciton commities contributes to US politicians, like the Clintons in Arkansas and everywhere else their is gun factories in the US. So quit harping on Mexico to clean up its drug promblem when the US wont even touch its arms industries.
The cartoon is nice but... Not True!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun Apr. 12, 2009 5:46 AM PDT.
The only guns that get publicized are the ones with serial numbers. Those are a small portion of the guns seized. US weapons have serial numbers. The ones from international sources do not, so they are simply not spoken about.
To fix this situation, the Mexican government simply has to allow everybody to have guns. The Mexican citizens will then run those guys out of business because they do not like them in their neighborhoods either.
Because the Mexican citizens would then probably also CLEAN UP THE GOVERNMENTS ACT TOO, Mexicans are not going to be allowed to have guns.
So, why are we helping those who do not allow the rights we enjoy?
It is a specious argument
Submitted by DaveC (not verified) on Sat Jun. 13, 2009 9:54 PM PDT.
It is a specious argument indeed that the guns are coming down from the United States. Is it your assertion that citizens of the United States are trafficking large numbers of automatic weapons? If so, I suggest that you note that the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the ironically titled Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 have severely proscribed the number of automatic weapons available in the United States. The newest automatic weapons available to John Q. Public are no less than 23 years old and are ever diminishing in number.
OK, you say, these are modified semi-automatic weapons. Who is doing it? There have been no arrests in the United States of any groups said to be modifying semi-automatic weapons. Yet Mexico has thousands of them. Where are they coming from? I suggest you look elsewhere. They are certainly not coming from here. Try south of Mexico, or perhaps look at the Mexican Army. I think you'll find that the problem in from within, not from without.
It's spellbinding how you people move the goalposts in your zeal to redefine the issue every chance you get. It's not a "crime" issue, it's a "public health" issue. It's not a semi-automatic rifle, it's an "assault weapon". The attacks never stop, they only change direction. Can't you see that you're never going to "win"? After all, what is a win to you people? Total banning of all weapons? Never happen. Handgun bans? After DC v. Heller, never gonna happen. Repeal of the 2nd Amendment? Oh, are you in for a shock when it is incorporated within the next decade!
Keep banging that drum, though. It's tough, pointless work you're doing.
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