[wita]

“It’s very dangerous, and it’s very risky,” says Tony Estrada, Sheriff of neighboring Santa Cruz County. “They don’t know exactly what these cartels reaction is going to be if they get in the way.”

Frankly I’d like to see some of this.

[Oberon]

You know, I just can’t seem to find it in my heart to object to this.

[556x45]

“It’s very dangerous, and it’s very risky,” says Tony Estrada, Sheriff of neighboring Santa Cruz County. “They don’t know exactly what these cartels reaction is going to be if they get in the way.”

Fall down and bleed? Sounds like the outcome Mr. Davis has in mind.

[Mogollon]

The feds are not going to do their job of securing the border. Glad to see we have patriots willing to step up and do it.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Seems like the US Government would have an organization capable of this job....like....some sort of border group with guns. Maybe a patrol of some sort.

Or a military. I've heard of other governments that have military groups....called "armies" that defend the borders of those countries.

It's weird. It seems like we'd have something like that.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Estrada worries members of the militia could get caught in a crossfire between law enforcement and traffickers.

Ha! When would the Obummer administration ever authorize any LEO to fire on someone crossing the border into the US illegally?

[nathanbedford]

Well before Obama's inauguration many of us predicted that he would fail to police the border against future Democrat voters. That prediction was easy.

Equally easy is the observation that American citizens will do what they have done since before Lexington and Concord, since even before the French and Indian war, that is, they will form militias to protect themselves against tyrants and criminals.

The real battle is not on the borders but on the television screens where the war over illegal immigration will be won or lost. Obama and the Democrats will pander to the Hispanic vote and the Republicans like Lindsey Graham will waffle as Obama plays the race card. The question is, where will the country be?

As in virtually every case, politics in America is not local but ultimately racial.

[Deb]

I don’t think these guys know exactly what they’re up against. Its no longer some down-on-his-luck mule, shuffling across the border for a pay-off on the other side. Its now dedicated killers who glory in the mass murdering, beheadings and dismemberment of the people who stand in their way.

[Spok]

“It’s very dangerous, and it’s very risky,” says Tony Estrada, Sheriff of neighboring Santa Cruz County. “They don’t know exactly what these cartels reaction is going to be if they get in the way.”

If the government effectively took on this obligation, private citizens wouldn’t have to. One wonders, when the government fails to do its job, if its institutional incompetence, lack of resources or a volitional political choice.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

About time someone went lock and load on coyotes and drug cartels.

That sheriff needs to either help defend the ranchers...or get out of the way. Any attempt to stop Bill Davis’ group means you are aiding and abetting the drug cartels

[ronnyquest]

So, with this latest bit of escalation, I wonder if the Mexican troops who have repeatedly invaded the USA will fire upon the militia to “protect the interests of Mexican citizens.”

That would be the next step in the escalation of this war that is not a war, since we already know that the smugglers and thugs from the cartels have no qualms against firing on US citizens, at which point troops would have to be mobilized lest more citizens form up to take matters into their own hands. The federales would not be able to stomach free people exercising their rights in such a fashion.

In all likelihood, it would lead to national guard or active duty troops being sent to “enforce the peace” through martial law, undoubtedly confiscating firearms from citizens in the process under that pretense.