National Rifle Associates, EXHALE, your UZI’s and .50 caliber recreational/hunting/home defense toys are all safe. President Obama, while visiting Mexico, did not agree to renew the assault rifle ban. You will no longer need to keep repeating:

“It’s not 90% of U.S. weapons that are smuggled into Mexico and used by the narcos, only 17%, the rest come from Russia, China, Colombia, and their own law enforcement agencies.”

For the record, although I don’t own a gun,(They are, for the most part, illegal here. It is possible to purchase some arms, but extremely costly and time consuming to aquire a permit, so I just collect machetes, rocks, and sticks for home security, hunting, and recreational target practice)I do see your concern in protecting your family.

The whole thing does open all new doors to my American wife. I’ve already bookmarked the Bushmaster home defense and recreational catalog page for her. Although she can’t own one here, if she’d ever like to invest in a sweet piece to keep at her childhood home for when we visit, she’d be thrilled to know she can legally shoot 30-60 tin cans a minute with night vision from 500-800 meters. Besides, the practice would come in handy if she ever wanted to join the military, a cartel, or shoot down a jet (just for recreational purposes of course.)

President Obama did make a solid offer to renew focus and enforce existing gun laws, which now seems to have many gun owners fearing for their fourth amendment rights, protecting them from unlawful search and seizure. I won’t even get into that, it just seems some gun owners will never be happy.

I hope enforcing present American gun laws will include the reading of gun permit applications. It’s a sad day, when a 10 month old recieves a F.O.I.D.card from the state of Illinois. I’d hate to think American babies could be used as straw buyers and gun smugglers. That would just be so, well, just not right. Bubba and his friends should never have to worry about such responsibilities at such a tender age.

I can’t say I will ever understand the need to own an UZI, AR-15, or .50 caliber, but if your nation’s laws allow it, who am I to complain. I don’t think it is correct to prohibit an item in one country due to another country’s misuse or abuse of said item. I know I would be really pissed off if tacos were suddenly made illegal here in Mexico just because Gringos were getting fat and having heart attacks because of them.

So again, hunters, militants, N.R.A. members, and common run of the mill Psychopaths, let me repeat: We’ve all heard and understand your need to carry your own persoanl weapon of mass destruction; afterall, you can’t carry a cop in your pocket.

President Obama has done no harm in Mexico, Your bazookas are safe, exhale and enjoy.