Originally Posted by
maineman
again... I am not denying, nor have I eve denied, that it was illegal for me to bring a weapon across the way I did. That's not a lie. People break the law all the time. You'd be a liar if you said you'd never driven your car 20 mph higher than the speed limit... to do so is a felony. Doing so makes you liable for felony charges but we both know you are innocent until proven guilty. When you - or anyone else - exceeds the speed limit by more than 20 mph, there is usually no pressing need to go that fast... we do because it is fun to drive fast. I did not bring a weapon into Mexico for any flippant reason. I decided to do something illegal because I was convinced that the authorities in a Mexican state that was in between point A and point B were incapable and unwilling to protect me, and were, in fact, working with criminal elements to steal from and kidnap and otherwise harm wealthy foreigners. My current neighbor in the state police here confirms that the police in Tamaulipas are corrupt and that the roads throughout that state are dangerous for foreigners to travel. I made a conscious decision to take extraordinary steps to protect my family in a place where the local authorities would not and could not do so. I'd do it again if I had to. The above is what I have always said. I have never lied about that event in any way.
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