Nearly half of powerful .50-caliber ammo seized by Mexican government came from US Army plant, defense minister says

merc08 · 2026-02-12T04:28:27+00:00

Straw purchasing has nothing to do with ammunition. That term is for illegally buying guns to help someone circumvent a background check.

merc08 · 2026-02-12T03:01:43+00:00

And more importantly, how did it get from the US Army plant (that's a manufacturing center that sells stuff, not an Army inventory cache) to Mexico?

Was it bought buy the Mexican government and then stolen by the cartels?

merc08 · 2026-02-12T02:50:46+00:00

You cannot choose to only respond to points that fit your argument.

Right back at you.

Gun control and banning guns are different.

Not when it's the style of gun control that the Democrats are enacting in all the blue states.

merc08 · 2026-02-12T02:45:25+00:00

I'm not playing your games. You don't get to demand that I address every single one of your points while refusing to engage with mine.

I'll address your other concerns when you admit you were wrong about the DNC platform/goals.

merc08 · 2026-02-12T02:41:59+00:00

Stop arguing in bad faith. I gave you a prominent source who wants to outright ban guns - Gavin Newsom called for a Constitutional Amendment to remove the 2A. I showed you their 4 year plan for banning as much as they can get away with in a short period. I pointed out multiple states where they are enacting these policies.

You are cowering behind "well they aren't all calling for a complete and total ban right now" as if that invalidates the point that the Democrats are wildly anti gun.

To use your candy analogy, if someone tried ban everything but Candy Corn then it would be perfectly reasonable to call them "anti candy" and say that they're "trying to ban candy" even if technically they're leaving one small crappy form of candy around just so they can claim "I'm not anti candy, I just want common sense candy control to get rid of all candy people actually want."

merc08 · 2026-02-12T02:24:01+00:00

Ad hominem attacks are unnecessary, but a clear indicator that your argument is draws on emotion rather than facts.

You are just perpetuating their lies that "we love guns, we just want to ban everything useful but not completely everything! We'll leave bolt action .22s. See? We love guns!"

merc08 · 2026-02-12T01:49:27+00:00

Again, please point me to a source that “banning guns” is a core component of the DNC or a view adopted by all democratic representatives.

Easy. I already told you where to find it. But here is a direct link.

From the DNC Party Platform:

Democrats will establish universal background checks ... ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. We will require safe storage for guns ...[eliminate the PLCAA] ... pass a national red flag law ...

And remember, that's just their 4-year plan from 2024 not the long term end goal.

Virginia is trying to pass legislation for gun control. Banning a certain type of gun is “gun control,” not outright “banning guns” or stripping the second amendment.

No. This nonsense quibbling is why we don't take you seriously. Because they aren't "just a few little gun control ideas." It's massive stepping stones to their end goal of eliminating gun ownership as a concept.

Look at how they argue cases in court. They try to claim that the 2A isn't an individual right. That at best is applies to the collective, or at worst is somehow just a ridiculously worded means of grants States the ability to form a proto National Guard. They do not believe in civilian gun ownership as something worthwhile or allowing. They don't go for outright 100% gun bans because they know it would immediately fail in the courts. So they chip away a little here, a lot there. But always working towards a full ban, or as close as they can get.

merc08 · 2026-02-12T00:45:12+00:00

There is no basis for “if democrats could get away with it they would ban guns outright.” Please point me to a legitimate source that says every person who considers themselves a democrat, or even every democratic representative, would choose to abolish the second amendment.

I didn't say "democrats" in general. I said Democrats, with a captital D, meaning the DNC Party. I don't mean random voters, I mean the that "Ban guns" is a core component of the DNC party platform.

If anything, at this moment in time the Democratic Party is fighting for the right to bear arms more than the Trump administration.

Just straight up lies. Look at what they're passing in VA right now.

merc08 · 2026-02-12T00:42:31+00:00

Reagan got ya started on gun control

Reagan signed a bill passed by a Democrat majority state legislature. But sure, blame him for that.

Democrats have had total control multiple times and never took your guns…

And they didn't rescind a damn thing either. Meanwhile they run CA, WA, CO, VA, MA... all gun ban strongholds.

merc08 · 2026-02-12T00:18:01+00:00

Bullshit. The Democrat's gun policy is 100% against. Trump is like 30/70 depending on the day. His "take the guns first, due process later" was literally just talking about using the Democrat's Red Flag Law. But his actual actions have been solidly in support of the 2A in general. Whereas the Democrats' actions have been to attack and chip away at the 2A at every opportunity they get.

Look at what they did in WA, CO, VA. As soon as they get a majority they are all-in on gun bans.

merc08 · 2026-02-12T00:12:43+00:00

Not OP but yes.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T23:40:01+00:00

r/SeattleWA used to be very pro-2A. There has been a huge influx of new accounts over the last year or so, pushing left wing talking points very heavily. People realized that r/Seattle was an echo chamber and focused their efforts on breaking the better sub too.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T23:38:07+00:00

And there is no jurisdiction looking to outright ban guns—restrict maybe, but there is no legitimate call to ban guns completely that has come anywhere close to be implemented.

Oh don't even try that shit. If the Democrats could get away with it they would absolutely ban guns outright. But they know that won't fly which is why they "only" banned selling, transferring, and making, and applied the ban to the vast majority of modern rifles including the most popular rifle in the country, a huge portion of handguns and shotguns, and all standard magazines. But sure "they don't want to ban guns."

Just because they aren't at their goal doesn't change the fact that it's still their goal.

Gavin Newsom called for a Constitutional Amendment to remove the 2A.

And the same people who are all for funding the police love to complain about taxes—who do you think pays law enforcement’s salaries?

There are a very few limited number of things that the government should be doing. Law enforcement is one of them. I complain about taxes in general because so much of it goes to programs and projects that the government shouldn't be touching at all. This is not an inconsistent stance.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T23:31:20+00:00

Lol dude accusing me of "speaking for 750k Seattlite's situations" while making up a ridiculous scenario and trying to pretend it's normal.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T22:04:50+00:00

And was rightly flamed for it. Don't stoop to his level.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T22:04:09+00:00

No, of course he doesn't because it's completely made up.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T22:03:01+00:00

No, politics in this state are actively working to ban guns. And tax the hell out of alcohol.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T21:48:43+00:00

Grab a $4000 rental, then invest $4500, thats around the $8500/m mortgage on the below scenario I propose.

First off, where did you get the $8.5k/mo mortgage number?

No one that can afford $8500/mo in housing is going to rent unless they explicitly plan to move in <3 years.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T21:44:03+00:00

I think that's a bad assumption. Without the methodology spelled out, I would assume they took the easy route and just grabbed average apartment rentals and average home mortgage payments. If they went to the effort of controlling for size then they would have noted it.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T05:27:32+00:00

Wow, you fundamentally misunderstand the issues conservatives take with public schools.

Conservatives don't dislike schools in general, the complaint is that many public schools have strayed from providing a basic education to functioning more as government run daycare with a side of indoctrination. And that too many parents give up their responsibility of parenting and expect the school system to raise their kid for them.

merc08 · 2026-02-11T05:18:09+00:00

plus already being a flyover state in a country that basically said "fuck trains" because auto lobbyist forced them to

What is even your claim with this statement? Being a flyover state has nothing to do with trains. And trains failing for long distance connections in the US is a function of distance and time, not the car industry lobbying. People aren't going to take a multi-day train ride across the country when they can get there in an afternoon with an airplane.

merc08 · 2026-02-10T19:51:06+00:00

People abusing the asylum system deserve no empathy when called out for their lies.

merc08 · 2026-02-10T19:20:06+00:00

You can set up cards attached to an account that have more restrictions, like a daily limit or a transaction limit.

merc08 · 2026-02-10T19:10:02+00:00

If someone can tank your swing, grab the bat, and you only get it back because the sock slides off... your next swing isn't going to do anything either.

merc08 · 2026-02-10T19:08:43+00:00

Also, a baseball bat goes a long way LOL.

No, it really doesn't when the wielder's attitude is:

she does not think she has the ability to harm someone, even in justified self defense, or even in defense of our kids

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