Posted on 12/14/2012 4:30:02 PM PST by raptor22
Foreign Relations: A veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan is chained to a jail bed for months after trying to register a souvenir rifle with Mexican authorities, and the Obama administration does nothing to correct this injustice.
Since August, Jon Hammar, a former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in a notorious Mexican prison effectively run by the Zetas drug cartel. His crime: declaring to Mexican authorities that he was transporting an antique shotgun after registering the gun with U.S. Customs agents on his way to a surfing trip with buddies in Costa Rica.
We can understand the silence of mainstream media and Hollywood liberals who hold candlelight vigils every time a cop-killer is sent to death row. But ignoring a Marine vet suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome jailed on his way for some R&R is astonishing.
On Aug. 23, Hammar and a friend, another ex-Marine, were on a road trip to Costa Rica where they planned to spend several weeks surfing and recovering from the psychological toll of combat. Hammar had just completed treatment for post-traumatic stress.
At the Brownsville Port of Entry, Hammar told U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents he was carrying a shotgun that once belonged to his great-grandfather. The .410-bore Sears & Roebuck model had been handed down through the generations and was for Hammer a link to his heritage.
The gun was barely suitable for shooting birds and rabbits; his wife called it a "glorified BB gun." Yet Mexican authorities insist a crime has been committed and the weapon is a serious threat, largely because the gun barrel, as they measure it, is longer than 25 inches.
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>> According to Mexican law he is not being wrongly held and Mexico has a right to enforce its own laws.
To Hell with Mexico, it’s pissing all over the United States.
Second rule: Don't try to take any kind of a firearm into mexico.
Third rule: don't take advice about mexican law enforcement from an American LEO or anyone else not inolved with mexican graft/law enforcement
Exception: If you're running drugs from mexico, or in some manner bringing dollars into mexico - nevermind.
The Marine is gasp...a MARINE!
as he said that the Feds will not spend any effort enforcing THEIR drug laws in now pot friendly Wash. and CO, “there are more pressing matters” than saving a Marine from the Policia. Like taking all our guns and the last bit of freedom we have.
He’s a hillbilly with a gun. Why should Obama care? /s
It’s not a mistake. If that was Bill Ayers we would be releasing terrorists to get him back.
Why was this IBD EDITORIAL removed from “editorial”? This is not the first time and there is no justification for doing so, Follow the bleeping link to the IBD EDITORIAL page!
Obama ignores his own (reputed) brother in a hovel in a slum in Nairobi.
Most Marines are very young men (18 - 20) when they volunteer to a part of the best. We grow up fast.
My son graduated from H.S. on Thursday and left for Parris Island the following Monday.
I remember every detail of that morning(5:00 A.M.)and it was 27 years ago.
He was my youngest and we were all very proud of him.
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Send Bill Clinton to get him like he did with Lisa Ling’s sister and another journalist when they were held in North Korea. He does a better job of it than Hillary.
Is that Obama’s job? I remember when the Marines were held in Cuba, President Bush did not speak about it and instead Jesse Jackson went and got them successfully out of jail. I think the President has more important things to do. I think some lower level government weeny might try and do something. Has the kid had a trial yet?
Benghazi-Coward Obama continues to deliberately destroy his own troops.
Well, The Won [Again] is pretty sure he's already a corpse, so what's the big crisis?
Obama is ignoring this situation because the Marine is NOT black. /racism off
He’s guilty and will do the time in prison!!!
Second rule: Don’t try to take any kind of a firearm into mexico.
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