Some Interesting Statistics.

There were 16,029 murders,* by firearms, in America during 2024.  The last year statistics were available from the FBI.  

There are 341,000,000 Americans. we're told.  Plus another 30 or 40 or 50 Million illegals, give or take.  But we don't talk about them, doncha' know.

There were 30,000 deaths by firearms in Mexico during the same year.  They admit to that number, although it's accepted that there might well have been twice that many.  That's because Mexico's population is deathly afraid of those who might kill them for reporting murders to the police.  

Mexico reports 109,230,000 citizens.  Not counting those Millions and Millions living illegaly in America.

America has more than 78,000 gun stores.  More than all the McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger Kings, Arbys and D.Q's put together.

Mexico, on the other hand, only has one, ONE, gun store.  And it's located inside a heavily-armed military installation in beautiful downtown Mexico City.  And it's open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Tuesday - Thursday, only.  And one must fill out a bunch of paperwork to get the approval to enter.    

Oh yeah, only shotguns and semi-auto pistols and rifles in .22 caliber are available for purchase.  Nothing more powerful is offered.  That's as a result of a 1972 reform to their Constitution's Article 10, permitting them to confiscate all other firearms.  And they've done so.  Their army and police have confiscated a total of 343,000 firearms since that revision. 

We have the 2nd Amendment to guarantee us the right "...to keep and bear arms."  The Mexicans have the right to buy a .22 and hunt squirrels.  And they'll confiscate anything else.

The FBI tells us there are more than 525,000,000 legal firearms in America.  It is unknown how many guns are in circulation in Mexico.  They don't report that statistic.  But there are enough for the cartels there to have killed at least 30,000 of their citizens in just one year.  It's estimated more than 100,000 Mexicans have been murdered by gunfire since 2020.

And we know that the shortest measurable unit of time is no longer a "quark."  It's now that period of time between a shooting, and Chuck Schumer and his other Democrats scrambling for the nearest microphone to call for "gun control," and "gun confiscation."  Which they've been doing for decades.  Without success. 

So how is it, I ask, do firearms get the blame for mass shootings in America, and not the people who use them, as it should be?  And why do we have so few firearm murders by population as compared to Mexico?  

Once again, 16,XXX - 341 Million, vs. 30,XXX - 109 Million?  Are those fun-loving Mexicans six times more likely to gun you down than would the average American?  Or are they six times more prone to being murdered because they're unarmed?  Shouldn't we congratulate ourselves on being so careful with our firearms?  And then send Schumer and his ilk to the showers? 

In closing, the Mexicans say 80% of their guns are illegally imported from America.  And thus, they blame America for Mexico's gun violence.  Not themselves, mind you, us.  Seems to me our friends down south are engaging in a bit of transferrence here, doncha' think? 

*  The FBI reported some 18,433 suicides using firearms during 2024.  There were no suicides by firearm statistics reported from Mexico during 2024, or any other year.