Texas Ranchers Using AK47s to Defend Against Cartel Invaders

Stand With Arizona ^ | 01-23-2012 | John Hill

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by John Hill
Stand with Arizona

The border is "safer than ever". So says DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. Again and again.

Barack Obama has mocked those who say the border is unsafe: "Maybe they'll need a moat. Maybe they'll want alligators in the moat. They'll never be satisfied."

But for Texas ranchers in the Rio Grande Valley, the border has never been more dangerous. And they are stocking up with the hardware to do the job that the Feds refuse to do - AK47 rifles to defend their property and lives from border violence.

Barbed wire fencing doesn't keep illegal aliens off the property anymore. One Starr County, TX rancher doesn't have time to worry about the illegals these days. He now worries about the smugglers protecting their loads.

"I don't think they would have any conscience of taking someone's life," the rancher says.

He saw that will to kill firsthand. A smuggler shot at him on his own land.

"One round was fired at me, and it missed my head by about two feet," says the rancher.

He says there's only way to react.

"Fire all the rounds you have, reload, and do it again," says the rancher.

The local Armory Gun Store says business has been brisk for AK-47s and AR-15s from "countless" ranchers reporting break-ins and home invasions. But this rancher said no matter how many guns they buy, they will always be "outgunned" by the cartels.

I guess these ranchers didn't get the memo from Obama and Big Sis that their border is "safer than ever".

What will they want next....a moat?

Full video report below:

[Norm Lenhart]

Dude, you missed the point. Reread the whole thing in context. It was a joke. Did you miss all the ‘smileys’ ?

[Mortrey]

“Fire all the rounds you have, reload, and do it again,” says the rancher.

YipeeYiYoKayeeah!!!!

(real men...sigh...what a blessing.)

[El Gato]

Ranchers should ride around a few times a day throwing single sticks of dynamite near the border...good visual plumes and sounds...lol

Tannerite would be cheaper and easier to obtain as well. It still makes a nice big boom.

[MestaMachine]

Middle of the night ping.

[El Gato]

I just got a catalog from Sportsman’s guide. One item that I’d not seen before was a device for making rounds loaded with FMJ bullets into rounds loaded with hollow points. Seems to me you could use that, fill the cavity with the substance of your choice, and then seal the tip with a polymer of some sort. Probably could use silicone caulk in a pinch.

[Smokin' Joe]

Land mines don’t distinguish between ‘mules’ and cows, unfortunately...

[HiTech RedNeck]

These are not your cowboy grandfathers’ shooting irons.

[HiTech RedNeck]

NORM IS PULLING OUR LEGS :-)

[Cobra64]

Thanks for taking the time to research that. Quite frankly, I was thinking that the other fellow was merely a keyboard-commando bragging about that topic.

Anyway, the muzzie victim would have no way of knowing he took a round with pig blood/grease, and thus there would be no purpose.

[CapnJack]

AK's require you to be up close and personal with these thugs. You need to keep back and engage them from a distance.

AI's new AX in .338 is just the ticket!

[DaveA37]

I just loaded up over 1000 rounds of “Soul Takers”. I use the pig fat to lube the cases and bullets. It really works well.

[piroque]

Works well with the leadcast bullets, love that smell of BACON in the morning. ;)

[NELSON111]

That's kinda what I was thinking. I wouldn't be using an AK. Granted you can put down some fire power but do you really want to be within a hundred or two yards of these guys in order to be accurate? Spray and Pray?

I nice 30-06 with a good scope or a .338 Lapua Magnum would be great a 500 yards...and they would never see you.

[IMR 4350]

Raising cattle in a mine field sounds like a great idea.

Deer and other game would also love it.

[Lazamataz]

You have no idea about reloading. You’ve clearly never done it before.

[IMR 4350]

I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but in that part of the country they could be 50 yards from you and you wont see them unless you spend all your time in a tower.

Lots of brush.

[NELSON111]

I live in Texas...familiar with the area. In college I worked for the Texas Ag experiment Station and we had cotton fields west of Weslaco. Depending on the place along the river, there is high ground. In places where there isn't high ground...I would consider clearing it or building a tower. I guess an AK might be a good brush gun if you have no other choice. But my point is this more general I guess than confined to THIS particular location: If given OTHER options...I would take them. Not every rancher along that border has flat brushy land to defend...and in places where possible...I'm sniping.

Make sense?

[IMR 4350]

The work to be done on a ranch is done on the ground, not in a tower.

They aren't hunting illegals, they are simply protecting themselves while they go about their business of running a ranch.

[Norm Lenhart]

Reread the whole thing in context. It was a joke.

[Lazamataz]

Nonetheless, you have shown your ignorance about reloading. I will not let that rest. From now on, your lack of reloading skills will be my primary conversational point.

Please note my tagline.