Arizona sheriff got warning on Mexican cartel assassins wrong
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu wanted to warn Memorial Day travelers about possible Mexican assassins in the desert. He went about it all wrong.
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Earlier this week, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu had some advice for families that were looking to spend some family time in his county over the holiday weekend: Carry a firearm!
Wait WHAT?
Yep, if you head to Pinal County, go packing heat!
The sheriff claims Mexican cartels are sending groups of assassins to kill rivals trying to steal their drugs.
So instead of simply cautioning potential visitors to his great county, Babeu is encouraging an armed family vacation. You know, like most of mine!
You might expect me to celebrate this move, as I celebrate most things that are steeped in the Second Amendment, but not this one.
You see, this gives the citizenry a false sense of security that most people find once they dive into gun ownership: The thought that simply owning or carrying a gun makes you safer.
That is simply not true.
Could you imagine what would happen if the family stopped at Sportsman’s Warehouse on the way to camp and purchased their first firearm? Then they are met by one of the cartel? Game over for that family.
Babeu obviously should have gone the PSA route and informed the public of this danger, but guns get headlines.
He could have been seen as a thoughtful protector of his county and not another crazy Arizona sheriff.
He should have suggested that, if potential tourists were going to take his advice, they NEED to take a firearm safety course BEFORE arriving and going all Dirty Harry on the joint!
Or how about giving us a description of these drug-running clowns? What to look out for, how to AVOID a potentially dangerous situation, you know, common sense-type stuff.
Look, our border has a serious drug problem and I am thankful that there are men and women that stand guard to protect us from harm.
I’m just not sure that I am ready for those protectors to be the Smith family from Gilbert.
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Dear Mike Russell. They are called Rip Crews and they are indeed real and active along the southern border. Camping or other activities in the desert have become a bit more dangerous because the public is sometimes mistaken by these crews. The public doesn't hear about all the incidents so I'd suggest you do some homework yourself.
PS assuming what people can and can't do with their firearms well makes a you know what out of yourself.
Starting with you.
Did the Obama administration insist on the drug cartels taking "gun safety" classes before fast and furious guns were handed over to them? If the drug cartel people get tired of their Obamaguns and sell them back to Americans before the federal government gets them some new ones--is that legal? Should the Americans get gun safety classes then? Can the cartels launder the gun profit through big bailout banks, or is that solely for drug money?
I want toget my thinking right, so give me the party line.