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(13,409 posts)Do you think Mexico has the resources that we do to put toward law enforcement? By you continuing to even bring up Mexico shows how little you know of the issue. Comparing the U.S. and Mexico is like comparing apples and condoms. Obviously, a huge contributing factor in Mexico's gun violence is lack of enforcement. Something that certainly could not be said of the U.S. Mexico's politicians have said over and over that a significant amount of their gun violence is directly caused by America's guns coming into the country. Really, you need to start thinking just a little bit before commenting on this issue.
On edit: This is obviously why I initially compared the U.S. to the rest of the developed world. Do you not see that it makes sense to compare us to other first world countries? There are plenty of other first world countries who spend significantly less than we do on law enforcement, yet have significantly less gun crime. I wonder why that could be...