Guns from the U.S. get smuggled to areas south of the border.

I remember reading that Mexico filed a lawsuit against the US gun manufacturers in 2021because of the influx of guns into that country. It was a horrible event that led up to the decision to file the suit. A convoy of cartel thugs apparently drove into a town along the border, with the intention of terrorizing the community for the purpose of taking it over. Just shooting up the streets and anyone who was unfortunate to be caught outside! They killed 15 people. And the weapons that were eventually taken by the authorities had one thing in common, all made in the USA. Are U.S. Gun-Makers Responsible for Violence in Mexico?.
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(In case you didn't know this. Some of us already knew this.)
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Shocking that a Texan, probably someone who complained aggressively about migrants coming in, was found responsible for many weapons confiscated in Mexico. But I've read that Texas doesn't make gun show sellers do back ground checks or keep records, so not surprising that some enterprising thug wouldn't be involved.
 
I watch a lot of the border tv shows about smuggling, and it
is amazing how much they try to smuggle these guns, ammo,
and other stuff into Mexico.....
 

It's not just a problem in Mexico:
"Data obtained by Reuters for Ontario, Canada's most populous province, shows that when handguns involved in crimes were traced in 2021, they were overwhelmingly - 85% of the time - found to have come from the United States."

Where there's big money to be made selling illegal guns, someone will always be there to accomodate :(
 
This reminded me of the blunder pulled by Arizona's US Attorney's Office along with the Arizona branch of the ATF. Some of you might remember it .

"Sept. 2009: In an effort to stem the rising tide of violence caused by Mexican drug cartels, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Phoenix office begins its controversial Operation "Fast and Furious." The idea is to encourage gun dealers to sell to suspected traffickers for Mexican drug cartels and see where the guns end up. .The goal is to try to take down a major cartel. But the so-called "gunwalking" becomes increasingly controversial among ATF agents ordered to take part."

ATF "Gunwalking" scandal timeline
 
Debrah N. said:
I remember reading that Mexico filed a lawsuit against the US gun manufacturers in 2021because of the influx of guns into that country. It was a horrible event that led up to the decision to file the suit. A convoy of cartel thugs apparently drove into a town along the border, with the intention of terrorizing the community for the purpose of taking it over. Just shooting up the streets and anyone who was unfortunate to be caught outside! They killed 15 people. And the weapons that were eventually taken by the authorities had one thing in common, all made in the USA. Are U.S. Gun-Makers Responsible for Violence in Mexico?.

Shocking that a Texan, probably someone who complained aggressively about migrants coming in, was found responsible for many weapons confiscated in Mexico. But I've read that Texas doesn't make gun show sellers do back ground checks or keep records, so not surprising that some enterprising thug wouldn't be involved.
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That "gunshow" loophole is ridiculous. Charlie Manson could have escaped jail, walked into a gun show and bought a 100 multiple shot weapons, with no ID., without anyone blinking an eye- he probably could have gotten them giftwrapped.
 
I doubt if the gun manufacturers are the smugglers. If the guns have serial numbers on, the manufacturers probably are not the smugglers.
 
I thought this was common knowledge. Drugs go one way, weapons to support the cartels go the other.
 

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