If the US government had not given guns (in operation Fast and Furious) to Mexican drug lords, maybe there would not have been so much violence! If the President and his friends did not use drugs, maybe there would be less violence! Is this guy nuts blaming violence in Mexico on our love of guns and drugs. Isn't he the President, why is he not taking actions against those who are violating the drug laws? He is so out of touch.
America does have an insatiable appetite for drugs. No war on drugs has worked. We have advocated legalization for a long period of time. Taxing and controlling it is the only answer. However, we do not hear anything of the ilk from the President, only blame.
As far as guns go, they are controlled and even though the President would like to ban private ownership, that would not improve things in Mexico.
Our southern neighbor has problems which do not relate to the US. It has long been known that Mexico has a corrupt police force and politicians who will do whatever you want if you grease their palms. For Obama to blame their problems on our appetite for guns and drugs is foolish and uninformed. In other words, being Obama.
Conservative Tom
America does have an insatiable appetite for drugs. No war on drugs has worked. We have advocated legalization for a long period of time. Taxing and controlling it is the only answer. However, we do not hear anything of the ilk from the President, only blame.
As far as guns go, they are controlled and even though the President would like to ban private ownership, that would not improve things in Mexico.
Our southern neighbor has problems which do not relate to the US. It has long been known that Mexico has a corrupt police force and politicians who will do whatever you want if you grease their palms. For Obama to blame their problems on our appetite for guns and drugs is foolish and uninformed. In other words, being Obama.
Conservative Tom
OBAMA BLAMES VIOLENCE IN MEXICO ON AMERICA’S LUST FOR DRUGS, GUNS
U.S. President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Benito Juarez International Airport (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty)
Speaking in Mexico on Friday, President Barack Obama blamed U.S. gun manufactures for the violence in the country, adding that much of it stems from the American demand for illegal drugs.
“Much of the root cause for violence that has been happening here in Mexico, for which so many Mexicans have suffered, is the demand for illegal drugs in the United States,” Obama said during a speech at Mexico’s Anthropology Museum
He then turned his attention to U.S. gun owners and gun control.
“Most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States,” Obama said. “I think many of you know that in America, our Constitution guarantees our individual right to bear arms. And as president, I swore an oath to uphold that right, and I always will.”
“But at the same time, as I’ve said in the United States, I will continue to do everything in my power to pass common-sense reforms that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people,” he added.
“That can save lives here in Mexico and back home in the United States. It’s the right thing to do,” Obama said.
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