here is one bit of current events/daily life, in mexico due to gun control, sort of;

As we all know, there’s a big damned mess on the U.S. border right now. The State of Texas is trying its hardest to keep people from unlawfully crossing the Rio Grande, but to do so, they’re fighting the federal government. In other places, including Arizona, record numbers of people are crossing or attempting to cross, and they’re mostly not being stopped by federal authorities. So, border states have been bussing and flying migrants to “sanctuary cities” to let them deal with the problem.

But, most people don’t know a lot about what’s happening on the other side to push all of these people to want to go north. A very simplistic version of the story is that they’re poor and just want to work. A slightly less simplistic version of the story is that the cartels have ruined Mexico. But, the truth is a little more complex, and it’s a problem largely fueled by gun control.

Mexico’s Crime Problem Is Fueled By Gun Control

To illustrate what’s really going on, we have to look at a little town called Colonia LeBaron. It’s a town inhabited by a non-mainstream sect of Mormonism, and Mormons have been living in northern Mexico since the 1800s. Facing increased cartel and sicario violence, the LeBarons got permission from the Mexican government to start a small town militia, and had a number of gun battles with the cartels and their hitmen. This helped keep the town relatively safe.

To avoid revenge killing for defending themselves, the group told some of my Mormon family members that they started having to utilize armed escorts for any vehicles leaving the town, or driving between LeBaron satellite towns in Chihuahua and Sonora. This kept the cartels from attacking their little convoys for years.

But, once they they thought they were safe and that the armed escorts would no longer be needed, the very first unarmed convoy of women and children was massacred. Nine were shot or burnt to death, with several surviving children having to walk hours to get help while siblings and cousins hid under brush near the ambush site.............more...........