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Obama concedes that one major problem in stopping the traffic is the strength of U.S. gun laws - and the gun lobby supporting them.

A 2008 Supreme Court decision reinforces the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, making a future ban even more difficult. In his first visit to Mexico in April, Obama said apologetically that it was beyond his power to overturn that.

Chip wrote:Another trip to Mexico, another round of news articles about how the evil gun industry is keeping Obama from saving Mexico:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599191532700

Obama concedes that one major problem in stopping the traffic is the strength of U.S. gun laws - and the gun lobby supporting them.

And I particularly like this quote about that pesky Second Amendment:

A 2008 Supreme Court decision reinforces the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, making a future ban even more difficult. In his first visit to Mexico in April, Obama said apologetically that it was beyond his power to overturn that.

Calderon will be especially keen to see new efforts on the U.S. side because a large chunk of the American money promised for Mexico has been delayed. Under the Merida Initiative, $1.4 billion was earmarked to help Mexico fight cartels over three years. But following accusations of Mexican army abuses - including torture, rape, and murder - the Senate has held back 15% of those funds until it can certify that Mexico is making efforts to clean up its human rights record. Mexico's Congress this week issued a statement condemning this certification process. While American shops are arming the cartels, the lawmakers said, they have no right to judge the Mexican army for fighting back. "We can never agree with a foreign government unilaterally judging us in return for economic help to deal with a shared problem," said Rep. Tomas Torres.

austinrealtor wrote:I got an idea, how about we don't GIVE the Mexican government ANY of this money. Better yet, use the carrot and stick method and take away $100,000 for each illegal immigrant we have to deport back to Mexico. $1.4 billion would be gone in a week.

roberts wrote:

austinrealtor wrote:I got an idea, how about we don't GIVE the Mexican government ANY of this money. Better yet, use the carrot and stick method and take away $100,000 for each illegal immigrant we have to deport back to Mexico. $1.4 billion would be gone in a week.

Sounds fair. What's the cost of illegal immigration?
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