Mexico legalizes vigilantes

[midnight rambler]

However as a condition they have to register their guns. (one step forward, two steps back)

http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-legalizes-vigilantes-nabs-cartel-leader-001339749.html

[mick silver]

The right to keep and bear arms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms) was first recognized as a constitutional right under Article 10 of the Mexican Constitution of 1857 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Constitution_of_1857).[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Mexico#cite_note-7) However, as part of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Constitution_of_1917), Article 10 was changed[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Mexico#cite_note-8) where-by the right to keep and bear arms was given two separate definitions: the right to keep (derecho a poseer in Spanish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language)) and the right to bear (derecho a portar in Spanish).[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Mexico#cite_note-9) The new version of Article 10 specified that citizens were entitled to keep arms (own them) but may only bear them (carry them) among the population in accordance to police regulation.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Mexico#cite_note-10) This modification to Article 10 also introduced the so-called ...[arms] for exclusive use of the [military]... (in Spanish: ...de uso exclusivo del Ejército...), dictating that the law would stipulate which weapons were reserved for the armed forces, including law enforcement agencies, for being considered weapons of war.
In 1971, Article 10 of the present Constitution was reformed[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Mexico#cite_note-11) to limit the right to keep arms within the home only (in Spanish: ...derecho a poseer armas en su domicilio...) and reserved the right to bear arms outside the home only to those explicitly authorized by law (i.e. police, military, armed security officers). The following year, the Federal Law of Firearms and Explosives came into force[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Mexico#cite_note-12) and gave the federal government complete jurisdiction and control to the legal proliferation of firearms in the country; at the same time, heavily limiting and restricting the legal access to firearms by civilians.
As a result of the changes to Article 10 of the Mexican Constitution and the enactment of the Federal Law of Firearms and Explosives (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Federal_Law_of_Firearms_and_Explos ives&action=edit&redlink=1), openly carrying a firearm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_carry) or carrying a concealed weapon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry) in public is virtually forbidden to private citizens, unless explicitly authorized by the Secretariat of National Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_of_National_Defense_%28Mexico%29) (SEDENA). For purposes of personal protection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defense), firearms are only permitted within the place of residence and of the type and caliber permitted by law.

[govcheetos]

If the law is in your own hands what does it matter if the politicians of "Mexico" find it "legal"?