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    Default Mexican City Opts To Fight Crime By Training Residents How To Shoot

    Mexican city plans to train citizens to fire guns

    From Javier Estrada, For CNN
    September 8, 2011 -- Updated 0808 GMT (1608 HKT)


    Violence in Nuevo Leon has been rampant, including a grenade attack at a casino in the capital of Monterrey in August.

    STORY HIGHLIGHTS
    • Garcia mayor: Many citizens want training "to defend their families"
    • The project also will train citizens on what to do when someone is wounded
    • So far about 3,000 people have signed up for the training course
    • Students at a city hunting club will use .22-caliber guns for training

    Garcia, Mexico (CNN) -- Officials in a northern Mexican city plagued by violence say a new course will take a fresh approach toward protecting citizens: Training people to handle and shoot guns.

    The aim of the approach, says Garcia Mayor Jaime Rodriguez Calderon, is putting a stop to crime in the 40,000-person city in Nuevo Leon state.
    "Many people call me because their son or their husband has been kidnapped, or some family member's car has been stolen. I said to myself, 'Wow, how can we, the citizens, defend ourselves,' " Rodriguez told CNNMexico.com.

    Twice this year, gunmen have tried to assassinate Rodriguez, who has earned the nickname of Bronco for his strong personality.

    The training for people with weapons permits in Garcia is part of a phase of Rodriguez's security program aimed at "involving the citizens in defense of the region."
    "Many of them want the training and knowledge ... to defend their families and their heritage," he said.

    In addition to the weapons course, the project also includes broader training in its "urban defense" goals.
    "Imagine if there is someone wounded and no one in the neighborhood knows what to do. It's happened to us that in the street there is someone who's been shot and the (paramedics) don't come," Rodriguez said.

    So far, about 3,000 people from Garcia and nearby cities have signed up for the course, including engineers, teachers, housewives and retired military.

    The course's start date has not yet been scheduled. It will be free and take place in a city hunting club, where students will use .22-caliber guns for training.

    Garcia's program is not the first citizen-defense proposal in Nuevo Leon state involving weapons. State lawmakers are also studying a proposal that would relax weapons restrictions there.
    Nuevo Leon, which borders Texas, has seen a surge in violence as the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas drug gang fight over drug trafficking routes.

    Buy the man a case of Bells
    "Guns are just tools, the way they're used reflects the society they're apart of, if you don't like guns, blame it on society" ~Chris Kyle

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    Default Re: Mexican City Opts To Fight Crime By Training Residents How To Shoot

    I salute this man for his progressive and intelligent reasoning. And it will work, cant wait for the results

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    ... and so the cycle starts again.

    Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. George Santayana

    Its sad that things have to become this bad before people will take action. Good for them though for actually making a decision (that's always difficult for politicians)

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    Quote Originally Posted by feroze View Post
    I salute this man for his progressive and intelligent reasoning. And it will work, cant wait for the results
    Wow, yes, this is what governments should be - not taking your power away in order to have more power themselves, but empowering people to have the tools and ability to solve their own problems. So rare.

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    Default Re: Mexican City Opts To Fight Crime By Training Residents How To Shoot

    Mexico is basically in a low intensity civil war and has been for the last 4 years. Last week, drug cartel guys got into a fight with the police. Were they shooting at each other? No. It was a hand grenade fight. Each side was throwing frag grenades at each other.

    The week before that the police showed up to a fight with 4 armored tracked carriers with 20mm cannons. They shot up downtown Matamoros trying to kill the drug cartel guys.

    It has gotten so bad along the Texas border towns lots of people have covered up their south facing windows with sheet metal to protect their family from stray shells.

    Arming people with .22's isn't going to fix their problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krieger View Post
    Arming people with .22's isn't going to fix their problems.
    Agreed,maybe not,but from my perspective,its a good start......

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    You got it wrong krieger ,

    Training people to handle and shoot guns.

    where students will use .22-calibre guns for training
    I think its a brilliant initiative.
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    Default Re: Mexican City Opts To Fight Crime By Training Residents How To Shoot

    About time someone in the Mexican government realizes the people need to be armed to defend themselves, so my country does not end up fighting their war. Their situation is very destabilizing to their government and is affecting the USA as well. Hell, our president[ criminal in chief][ who i did not vote for] came up with a scheme to supply the cartels with guns and then blame it on US gun owners as a back door way to try and get stricter gun control measures enacted. Search Operation Gunwalker if you want find out more about it.

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    Default Re: Mexican City Opts To Fight Crime By Training Residents How To Shoot

    Quote Originally Posted by FrankH View Post
    You got it wrong krieger ,



    I think its a brilliant initiative.
    Under Mexico law it is almost impossible for civilians to even own firearms. The only ones who have firearms are Federales, Local Police or drug cartel.

    They have relented on letting some civilians have .22's after training.

    Their laws on firearms are way worse than SA. One guy from Texas crossed the border with his family 4 years ago. The Federales stopped his car and searched it. They found 1 old rusted shotgun shell under the back seat. He was put in prison for 5 years. They got him out in 1 year after a cash bribe was paid to the chief of police.

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