The New York Post reports that "[a] Canadian tourist was killed and five others injured after a crazed gunman opened fire from atop a pyramid at the Teotihuacan ruins in Mexico Monday afternoon," before turning the weapon on himself. Police recovered a handgun and several rounds of ammunition.
What makes this odd is that Mexico has very strict gun laws governing the ownership and possession of handguns, including prohibitions against carrying handguns in public without a special 2-year license that requires, among other things, a mental health evaluation. Thus, this incident should have been impossible.
In fact, considering its very strict gun regulations which have been compared to those of the UK, Mexico should have one of the lowest murder rates on the planet. England and Wales had 522 victims of homicide recorded in year ending March 2025. Its population was 69.5 million. Mexico's population was 132 million in 2025, which is 1.9 times as much. Thus, given its gun laws being similar to that of the UK, Mexico should have had only 1.9 times as many murders, or a total of 992 murders in 2025.
In reality, Mexico had 23,374 homicides in 2025--44.8 times as many as England and Wales. It's almost like gun control laws are useless at preventing homicides.
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