“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/ …
“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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