Thursday, March 11, 2004

Hti: Too many Djangos

No one knows just how many weapons there are in Haiti. It's just one of many statistics that has fallen victim to the lawlessness, chaos and political mayhem here.

Most of the guns now being carried by armed militias here came from the Haitian army.
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In the 1990s, Colombian drug lords brought their own unique brand of corruption and violence to Haiti.

At one point, nearly a fifth of the cocaine consumed in the United States was coming through Haiti.

Many say the culture of narcotics smuggling helped violence spread outward from the elite in Port-au-Prince to ordinary people.
I'm a strong advocate of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms; however, Haitians need to be temporarily disarmed until the country stabilizes and develops. Haiti needs to be temporarily disarmed so that Haitians can stop killing each other. Eventually, when Haitians have made some progress towards a more civil society, the citizenry may learn how to use arms properly to defend themselves and their property. Right now, the senseless killing must stop.

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