OK,fair enough.But how do we convince Mexico,a sovereign nation,to respect that right? This is an *international* incident,not a domestic one.My guess is that Mexico either doesn't have a Second Amendment or,because of corruption,doesn't support it.Most of us here at FR,including me,are outraged when foreigners scream "human rights violation" when they're in our courts or prisons and yet some here claim that we have no duty to obey the laws of other countries.It doesn't make one bit of sense.
Since Mexico has been violating the rights of its citizens for years, aside from some other reasons, the border should be closed to any and all traffic of any kind.
I agree 1000% The common border should be sealed tighter than was the East German/West German border.But it's not.And as a result there are occasional incidents of Americans violating Mexico's laws and millions of examples of Mexicans violating ours.That's the state of the border *today*.
Washington could play hardball but nobody wants to, let alone can. Under someone like Reagan, a little negotiation would have likely sprung the fellow, when they understood repercussions that the White House would actually stand behind.