the2real4mafol said:
I thought Mexico (and most of south america actually) had a crime and gang problem of the scale seen today because of America's "war on drugs". The fact that they are criminalised makes the drugs trade extremely profitable while the stupid law means only gangs will do it because they don't care much for the law. The amount of money in drugs only empowers gangs and makes life for ordinary people more dangerous. This was actually proven by the failure of prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s. As soon as alcohol became legal in America again back then, the mafia got considerably weaker as it lost a major revenue source. The same logic would apply to drugs i think. So it doesn't make much sense when you blame Mexico's gang problems completely on gun control. Nothing is that simple |
Sorry, my comment wasn't meant to imply that that's the only reason Mexico has a high crime rate.