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When we lived in Mexico, all you needed to get a gun was cash. I think guns are still available to those that want to buy them. Every upper class Mexican I knew carried a pistol with him, even to social events, and it was not a great idea to insult any of these guys, especially if they had some tequila in them. I doubt that has changed any.

A good friend of mine, a noted film actor and director was vocally irritated by a peasant riding a burro across the scene my friend was filming. The peasant made the fatal mistake of yelling an insult to my friend and it was his last insult. The director pulled his pistol and killed the guy who was 70-80 yards away. He was jailed for a short stay, but an insult is an insult in Mexico.