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?
January 28, 2012 at 10:04 am |
Believe “BIG CYSTS” comment was “the border is as safe as it ever was”- true, but misleading. PUT THE BORDER PATROL ON THE BORDER!
January 28, 2012 at 1:35 pm |
The border is more “SECURE” as it ever was but definitely NOT as safe. Apprehensions now consist of 28% criminal records in OUR country as compared to 18% last year. A football team doesn’t put all of their men on the line and so shouldn’t the Border Patrol. The “three legged” defense is working very well. It would be a drastic mistake to put all of our assets on the border. Gary