“Though it gets far less attention than undocumented immigration or drug smuggling, running guns to Mexico is big business. According to the best estimates, gunrunners move about 250,000 guns every year.”https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/arming-mexican-cartels-inside-story-of-a-texas-gun-smuggling-ring-866836/ …
“Until relatively recently, Mexico had one of the lowest rates of gun ownership in the world. But since 2004, when the George W. Bush administration allowed the federal ban on assault rifles to expire, a flood of military-style weapons has equipped Mexico’s criminal class”
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“Why will I buy a gun from Central America that is 40 years old, when I can go to Walmart and buy as many guns as I want, new guns, the best, with no questions asked?”
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“A 2013 University of San Diego study found that nearly half of all gun stores in the United States would go out of business were it not for the sales boost provided by the carnage in Mexico”
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“U.S. Customs and Border Protection is primarily focused on stopping drugs moving north and with seizing drug money, which the agency gets to keep”
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“American border guards seized a paltry 102 of the estimated 250,000 illegal guns that passed their checkpoints in 2018”
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The .50 caliber “Barrett is the stuff of legend. It can shoot through a wall of concrete block as if it were made of sheetrock, and has a range of more than a mile. Incredibly, this weapon is unrestricted for civilian ownership. You can buy one in cash, with no paperwork”
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“Among the many favors Trump has done for the gun industry, he has refused to appoint a director to the ATF, leaving the agency under acting deputy directorship, a status it often languishes in under Republican presidents.”
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“a provision in the 1986 Firearm Owner’s Protection Act — the NRA’s signature legislative achievement — that prohibits the ATF from keeping an electronic database of gun sales”pic.twitter.com/Ukzg87APd4
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Despite selling guns to Mexican cartels, “both Fox and Garwood got to keep their federal firearms licenses. Both are still listed by the U.S. attorney general as gun dealers in good standing. There’s no way of revoking a license if the court proceedings last more than a year”
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