Greece and Mexico

When loans do not get paid in America options are few: foreclosure, repossession, and collection agencies move into action. They operate in a structured and detailed procedure almost always empowered by a legal document. The document gives them the right to repossess, evict, or even sue an indebted individual. Debt delinquency can also happen on a global scale. Mischief and negligence has infected Greece like the plague affected Europe, expect for the deaths of course. Since their debt is amongst the highest in the continent, along with Italy’s, special marginal conditions must be outlined clearly when addressing Greece’s dilemma on an EU scale. I think the EU should definitely give Greece another bailout assuring the future of its existence. They should receive the bailout after corrupt officials are erased from the political map. I also think this bailout should be at a low interest rate to help promote growth inward and offer stability in the near future. The EU should give Greece an opportunity to present an initiative or a plan of recovery when given further assistance financially. The EU should then review the proposal heavily and if not accepted offer Greece a team of highly trained economists to come in and help put a strategy together. Also, alert Greece of the possibility of losing its sovereignty and being ruled by a foreign identity which is basically becoming a colony.  

 

The most important gun laws are contained in the Federal Law of Firearms and Explosives. It establishes a Federal Arms Registry controlled by the Ministry of National Defense. Both the federal and state governments are required to conduct public information campaigns to discourage all forms of weapons ownership and carrying. Only sports-related advertising of firearms is permitted.

In practice, possession of firearms above .22 caliber is severely restricted. As with much of the rest of Mexican law enforcement, corruption is a major element of the gun licensing system.

Because government permits are difficult to obtain, there is a thriving market in smuggled handguns from the United States. One effort to control smuggling was Operation Forward Trace, conducted in the 1990s by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. BATF agents examined federal gun registration documents (Form 4473) held on file at gun stores in southwestern states, and recorded the names and addresses of buyers - especially those with Hispanic names - who had purchased self-loading rifles or inexpensive handguns. BATF then contacted the purchasers, and demanded to know where the guns were.

The Mexican drug supply for the demand the American dollar holds seems to be enough to debacle, divide, and paralyze Mexican society. Waves of illegal drugs are shipped north of the border and then moved across the nation rapidly into cities then neighborhoods. The Mexican cartels appear to destroy anyone who attempts to disrupt the traffic of their livelihood. Cartels target politicians, family members, even police. The use of American weapons is common in Mexico. The cartels have the money to pay double or triple the cost of a rifle. The money that is going south of the border from drug profits is then being invested in weaponry for the drug gangs. In Mexico, gun laws are some of the strictest in the world.  

“Article 163 states that handguns may only be sold by mercantile establishments, not by individuals. Further, handgun carry permit applicants must post a bond, must prove their need, and must supply five character references. “

To legally own a weapon in Mexico, the gun must not be a higher caliber than a .22. A Mexican citizen must have a military gun license to own anything greater.