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Old Feb 26, 2020, 1:50 pm
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That's what I meant.

Originally Posted by GUWonder
Mexico has criminalized the bearing of guns in public in a way that it hasn't done to ownership/possession of guns in say homes IIRC. So I think Mexican prosecutors and the Mexican judicial system would probably find the cross-border shooter guilty of something or other. Mexican jurisdictions may have some kind of "duty to retreat" applicable, but I'm not sure about that.
So shooting back from Mexico could mean (Mexican) charges for unlawful possession and discharge of a firearm, but not for manslaughter (etc) as there is no victim in Mexico (?)

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