In the high desert east of Bakersfield California is a very rural land and few land owners. The Mexican cartel moved in, forcefully bought out the land owners, with ultimatums. They built many grow farms. The California Sheriff refuses to go to this area because they get machine gun fire upon...
I think the armed suspects had encounters more than once with someone who had a firearm and they were very skilled at killing. Peers in Mexico in those circles carry firearms.
Would you be safe with a firearm against multiple meth infused men with firearms who had already killed Mexican nationals?
I doubt a firearm protects you, unless you are trained military.
How? Two women and a infant child went to a New Mexico park. (USA state) The child was kidnapped and the two women were found dead. So how was that safer?
Riverside county California Sherriff deputy working for the Mexican cartel. Just arrested. The point is, crime is not only outside the border. During the arrest was found 200 lbs of meth.
It seems the land owner was killed in the same way earlier and his body was found along the other three victims. This was a crime spree with the same criminals repeating the killings on more than one occasion. Getting caught up in something like this is not a common occurrence to fear this...