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It seems to me that as far as Hispanics/Mexicans are concerned, gun rights are FAR from the top of the priority list. Most all Mexicans, particularly those in this nation (most in this nation are recent immigrants, not second generation citizens) were raised in an environment where the culture and legal structure was viciously anti-gun. My experience has shown me that most Mexicans really cannot comprehend what American democracy means, particularly in terms of firearms ownership. They are very readily given to the sort of emotionalist "for the children" plea that the Brady types are so fond of making.
The areas with the most stringent gun-laws are generally the areas with the most immigrants and the most non-European/white people. This is not a racist statement but rather a statement of fact. It would make sense that white western people, whose ancestors in Western Europe established the basic ideas of what became Western civilization, would understand and appreciate their centuries old handed down heritage, much more deeply than immigrants who come from an entirely different culture with an entirely different historical tradition.
It's one of the reasons why democracy is not going to work in Iraq, nor will it work in a place such as Zimbabwe. To a man in Zimbabwe democracy means that a tribal headcount is taken, and the tribe with that is strongest in numbers has thus acquired some mandate to wipe out the minority tribes. To a man in Iraq, democracy seems to mean that he can vote his ideological/religious/personal enemies out of existence by killing them.
With every non-westerner that is brought into the USA, the USA becomes less and less western. We see it reflected in how many citizens have permanent "no go" areas, and in how the infrastructure is crumbling to the point where the American Society of Civil Engineers awards this nation a GPA of a D in terms of overall infrastructure (bridges, dams, water supply, roads, etc). We've been operating under the peculiar notion that immigrants (mainly those from non-European nations, as I contend that Europeans, due to a shared heritage, have an infinitely easier time adapting) will simply become wonderful flag-waving Americans who love and understand the constitution, just by being plucked out of whatever country they come from, Burma, Nigeria, Somalia, etc, dropped here in the USA and given citizenship without a care in the world.
That doesn't happen. What does happen is that we, the United States, become less of what we were, and more of what their countries are. We're not changing them, they're changing us, and I don't like the way we're being changed.
To sum it up, I believe in an open-door policy of immigration for Western European nations, a relaxed policy for Eastern/Southern European nations, and a closed door policy for third world nations, aside from a few rare and exceptional, generally temporary circumstances.
Most of the problems in this nation are approximately four decades old in terms of origin. The main thing that happened four decades ago was the Immigration Reform Act of 1965, which saw the USA begin a slow decline from a 92% white nation to what it is presently at today, approximately 62%. No nation/empire in the history of the world has ever made such a demographic transition without MASSIVE internal upheavals that usually resulted in their ultimate demise. The Soviet Union was 90% Russian at their height of power, and had slipped to about 75% Russian by the time it finally fell. Of course there's no forgetting the example of Rome, but I won't simplify the matter by declaring it to be solely racial/ethnic/cultural, but tribe/culture/race/etc surely played a major role in Rome’s woes.
What it seems you want is to allow people into this nation who are supplanting our traditions (such as personal firearms ownership) with their traditions (such as tribal collectivism), and I do not want that one single bit. People who do not or will not understand and appreciate our culture and our traditions, do not belong here. I don't care if they're getting off a boat from Poland or from Nigeria, if they cannot or will not adapt, they don't belong here. The issue is that few Poles, few Irish, few Italians, etc, have ever tried to demand that the USA become more like Poland, Ireland, or Italy. It'd be denying reality to make that claim about third world immigrants, who often parade under their own flags, demanding their languages be enshrined alongside ours and taught in all the schools.
