Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 14
... over the southern border.
The guns are not coming into the US from Mexico. The illegal weapons are crossing from the US into Canada.
Gift link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/americas/...
Most guns used in crimes in Canada enter illegally across the border.
In Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, 91 percent of handguns recovered from crimes in 2024 came in illegally from the United States, according to the provincial government. In Toronto, the country’s biggest city, 88 percent of all firearms recovered from crimes in 2024 were smuggled across the border, up from 51 percent in 2014, according to the Toronto police. The actual figures are almost certainly higher because many recovered guns have been tampered with to make them untraceable, the police said.
No. of Recommendations: 6
Stick in my mind Mexico has made the same complaint, about the flood of guns smuggled across the border from Shinyland.
Mexico's president takes aim at U.S. gunmakers if cartels are designated as terrorist groups
Sheinbaum said the U.S. Justice Department itself has recognized that "74% of the weapons" used by criminal groups in Mexico come from north of the border.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-president-us-g...Mexico’s head of public safety says 3 out of 4 guns seized came from US https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/border-cri...Steve
No. of Recommendations: 7
Yes. There's around 300,000 guns smuggled into Mexico across the border every year. In addition, guns we armed parts of Latin America with made their way into Mexico. One drug lord had an anti aircraft gun. We sell about 16 million guns in the US every year, and while it's on a downward trend, they have to go somewhere. Most guns are stolen from cars, so I've advocated for car gun safes, or similar, and gun safes in dwellings.
So we're like a big invasive gun plant. A kudzu of guns creeping northward and southward.
No. of Recommendations: 6
for 96% of the world's population, this sounds like foreign factories cranking out products specifically designed to violently kill people, and often across borders.
kinda like drugs, but less fun and more lethal.
should they do tariffs, military strikes, or an invasion?
No. of Recommendations: 5
cranking out products specifically designed to violently kill people
Just like the assault rifles that are so popular in the US.
from the net sifter:
The AR-15 platform (Modern Sporting Rifles - MSRs) is widely considered the most popular type of long gun in the U.S. for its versatility in sport, defense, and hunting, alongside the reliable Ruger 10/22 for plinking, while pump-action shotguns like the Mossberg 500 and Remington 870 remain popular for home defense and sport.
AR-15: the top choice among USian mass killers.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 12
"he AR-15 platform (Modern Sporting Rifles - MSRs) is widely considered the most popular type of long gun in the U.S. for its versatility in sport, defense, and hunting,"
I use a bolt action 30.06, I see no need for any hunter to need to spew lead at a
high rate. 1 shot at a time, make an unrushed, accurate shot, or don't shoot at all.
I hear all of the gun nuts excuses for why they need fast rate of fire, but it is all
fantasy bullshyte, imo. A responsible hunter takes an ethical kill shot, doesn't
rain lead down on the target. But I don't know any responsible hunters who are
obsessed with the big bad government coming to pry their precious, patriotic ar15
from their hands.
No. of Recommendations: 7
"I use a bolt action 30.06, I see no need for any hunter to need to spew lead at a
high rate. 1 shot at a time, make an unrushed, accurate shot, or don't shoot at all.
And you would be a FUD, as in Elmer Fud to them. Nefster:
"In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court noted that "M-16 rifles and the like" are "most useful in military service," suggesting they might not fall under the Second Amendment's protection for common arms, but this was dicta (non-binding commentary) used to contrast with handguns, which are common; the key holding was the individual right to possess arms for self-defense, with the M-16 comment illustrating a boundary for potentially dangerous, military-grade weapons, though lower courts still debate its impact on modern arms."
They will counter that there are now so many AR-15s out there, they are in common use. Back to the key holding which is there is an individual right to self defense, not an individual right to arm yourself for Armageddon, or the Zombie Apocalypse, or the imaginary invasion of the US Military - Self Defense. The more you talk about needing a gun for purposes other than self defense - the less likely you are to have a right for it.
