As immigrants flow across US border, American guns go south¿

[GOYABEAN]

'B S' Among the thousands of immigrants who have been coming across the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, many are seeking to escape gang and drug violence raging in their homelands.
The weapon of choice used to intimidate them? Often an American-made gun.

While the flow of drugs and immigrants into the U.S. has been well-documented for decades and become a regular part of the political debate, what is often overlooked is how gangs and drug cartels exploit weaknesses at the border to smuggle guns from the U.S. into Latin America.
A 2013 report by the University of San Diego says the number of firearms smuggled from the United States was so significant that nearly half of American gun dealers rely on that business to stay afloat. On average, an estimated 253,000 firearms each year are purchased in the United States expressly to be sent to Mexico, the report said, the vast majority of the sales originating in the border states of California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.


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[HighlandLofts]

I'm sure doe faction of the this government is getting their pockets lined from the smuggling of guns to Mexico and the smuggling of illegal immirants and drugs back in to the US.

You are talking about trillions of dollars annually, how many millions does it take to look the other way?

 

[BDinPutnam]

A 2013 report by the University of San Diego

Which the article can't be bothered to link us to...

...says the number of firearms smuggled from the United States was so significant that nearly half of American gun dealers rely on that business to stay afloat. On average, an estimated 253,000 firearms each year are purchased in the United States expressly to be sent to Mexico the report said, the vast majority of the sales originating in the border states of California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

We know this how?

 

[holdover]

The article is bunk . Central and south America was flooded with military grade weapons during the 1980's which were dirt cheap to obtain.

 

[Acer-m14]

the vast majority of the sales originating in the border states of California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona

so they have a different 4474 with a extra check box .. is this purchess going to mexico (yes) (no) .. if you check yes your good to go .. LOL

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

Looks like the back of a machine gun.