International Mexican Artist Turns 1,527 Guns Into Shovels To Plant Trees

[RedRover]

Plant trees?

More like tools to bury all of the innocent victims of violent crime(primarily at the hands of the cartels), due to such restrictive laws essentially disallowing law-abiding citizens from possessing firearms outside of the home for self-defense.

Mexican Artist Turns 1,527 Guns Into Shovels To Plant Trees

The artist collected 1,527 guns from residents then crushed, melted, and transformed them into 1,527 shovels.

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[2A2Dend]

They need shovels to bury their dead.
Makes perfect sense.

 

[Wombat of Doom]

Because this works so well...

Mexico vs United States: Crime > Violent crime Facts and Stats

Murder rate per million people, Guns per 100 residents, Rapes per million people, Intentional homicide rate, Murder rate and 3 More Interesting Facts and Stats

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[DivCurlGrad72]

Plant trees?

More like tools to bury all of the innocent victims of violent crime(primarily at the hands of the cartels), due to such restrictive laws essentially disallowing law-abiding citizens from possessing firearms outside of the home for self-defense.

You've hit the nail on the head sir.

 

[titsonritz]

"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."

 

[RedRover]

Rich Brown
Over the weekend the Mexican Army was utterly defeated by the Sinaloa cartel. The news didn't cover it much. Nothing to see here... The Army was outgunned by the cartel and were forced to release El Chapo's son and run for their lives. What is interesting is that the Army was out-gunned in a nation with only ONE gun store in all of Mexico. One. The gun store is heavily guarded and on an Army base. And each day Mexico's ONLY gun store sells on average just 38 firearms to more than 129.2 million civilians.
In the picture below, the guys with machine guns are members of El Mencho's Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). That's not the military, that's the bad guys. Very BAD guys. And if it looks like they are well-uniformed and well-equipped it is because they are.
This is all very strange because Mexican law states that unless a Mexican citizen has explicit authorization from the Secretariat of National Defense, it is totally illegal and punishable by law to to keep and carry any firearm on their person or in their vehicle at any time, anywhere. Period.
Let this little paradox sink in as you consider Mexico's horrific level of violence, which has claimed more than 100,000 people killed by firearms over the last decade. Last year was Mexico's deadliest since the government began releasing homicide statistics in 1997.
In the first half of 2019, there were 17,608 murders. That's 94 people being killed every single day. Last year saw a total of 33,341, making it the bloodiest year on record, but this year is set to be the most violent of all time.
My point? Disarming law-abiding citizens does nothing to stop violence. It makes it worse. Don't believe me? Ask Mexicans. Or, just look at the mass of illegal immigration on our Southern Border. Just something to think about .
Love you guys. Stay safe.

 

[clearconscience]

Man they have some sweet guns.

As bad as ol' Obama's fast and furious crap was these aren't weapons from an American gun store.

They are getting those shipped in from across the pond.

Maybe if the US intelligence agencies would stop illegally monitoring their own citizens and trying to impeach Trump they could find out who is supplying the cartels with military grade weapons

 

[awshoot]

This shovel was made out of Hi-Points apparently:

 

[The Courier]

Those who turn their weapons into shovels will work for those that didnt.