If this is "off topic" I apologize but I saw this and immediately thought of TFL being a good place to discuss it.
According to NPR, a border town in Mexico has been virtually abandoned due to the cartels fighting, killing, rampaging in the town. The Mexican military has been unable to provide security (gee I wonder why?) and now there is no local police force and less than 500 residents left. Corpses hung in streets, limbs chopped off, things that should not happen in a developed country.
And I can't help but think that this would never happen in America because the civilians would just defend themselves, maybe even fight back (vigilantism?) if a rouge criminal element ruined their quality of life to such extent. But no, the Mexican government is hellbend on keeping firearms away from civilians.
It's just one of those things that makes me glad to be an American.
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According to NPR, a border town in Mexico has been virtually abandoned due to the cartels fighting, killing, rampaging in the town. The Mexican military has been unable to provide security (gee I wonder why?) and now there is no local police force and less than 500 residents left. Corpses hung in streets, limbs chopped off, things that should not happen in a developed country.
And I can't help but think that this would never happen in America because the civilians would just defend themselves, maybe even fight back (vigilantism?) if a rouge criminal element ruined their quality of life to such extent. But no, the Mexican government is hellbend on keeping firearms away from civilians.
It's just one of those things that makes me glad to be an American.
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