capitalism enabling the cartels causing the drug war to happen?
Who would've guessed.
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“I respect that the U.S. government wants this shielded, but it’s frustrating that the information isn’t public,” said Celorio, who is leading his country’s lawsuit against American gun manufacturers and five Arizona gun shops. “I think the average American would be surprised that the fentanyl crisis is nurtured because of the number of firearms going to Mexico to empower the cartels.”
Jfc. :(
Shipping powders back and forth
Black goes south and white comes north
Surprised pikachu face
Seeing which Gun Sellers are behind Mexican Cartel Violence is AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION!
There’s two sides to every tortilla and as a gun runner, I’m very upset my personal information might be involved in this hack. We need comprehensive privacy laws and real consequences for data breaches. Otherwise, these tech companies will treat this like a cost of doing business.
U.S. gun shops and smugglers tied to 78,000 firearms recovered south of the border
Oh shit! Wild reveal coming up!
The top 6 (see chart in the article) account for 1,102 total guns, 1.4%. 942 from Academy and Cabela's, 1.2%.
So, uh, what's the story here? That a tiny fraction of guns recovered were from 2 of America's top gun retail outlets?
This is a non-story, nothing to see here except a couple of small timers profiteering.
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"Texan Craig Adlong. He pleaded guilty in 2020 for lying on firearm transaction forms, saying the guns were for his personal use. He purchased 95 semi-automatic rifles at Guns Unlimited in Katy, Texas, making seven visits over two months.
Sixty-six of those firearms were recovered in Mexico, according to the leak."
How many is too many "for personal use"?
95 guns of the same type is CLEARLY not for personal use. 13 guns per visit x 7 visits? No questions?
I can see buying multiple guns in different form factors, because they're a tool like anything else, and you need the right size tool for the job.
But if you're out buying 95 #0 Phillips screwdrivers, that's not "for personal use".
I can see buying multiple guns in different form factors, because they’re a tool like anything else, and you need the right size tool for the job.
As you need proper training on each individual gun i find it hard to believe that there is any person who reasonably needs more than 5 or 6 firearms and that includes sports, hunting and self defense
You don’t need proper training in every one, you need to be trained in pistols, rifles, and shotguns, and honestly you could probably just do long guns and hand guns, but I just feel like people should really be trained in all 3.
There are just too many differences between hunting rifles and shotguns.
I’m not even going to touch “self defense” rifles like an AR-15 because unless you live out in the sticks you will just be endangering your neighbors with how far they travel.
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Well, rifles are rifles and pistols are pistols. The skill set downgrades pretty easy, upgrading not so much.
After shooting my .45-70 Government, a .22 pea shooter is no big deal, going the OTHER way though...
Peas don't kill people. Peasple...
Nah, never shot anything more threatening than an old school metal coffee can. Just being a gun owner doesn't make you dangerous.
I own several hammers too, doesn't make me a carpenter. ;)
Oh I was just making a dumb joke about calling a 22 a pea. I'm a videographer and don't own a camera, haha.
Excuse me, but do not crush my dream of diving into a pit filled with #0 Phillips screwdrivers.
ATF says multiple sales of rifles must be reported. A "multiple sale" is defined as "when a licensed dealer or pawnbroker sells or otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any five consecutive business days, more than one semiautomatic rifle capable of accepting a detachable magazine and with a caliber greater than .22 (including .223/5.56 caliber) to an unlicensed person."
95 rifles in seven visits obviously qualifies. These absolutely should have been reported.
Hey, TIL! But I've never bought more than one semi-automatic rifle at a time so that tracks!
Have you seen the way gun makers are getting around that restriction now?
The new hotness is LEVER ACTION AR-15s:
https://www.offgridweb.com/gear/new-bond-arms-lever-action-ar-15/
Those have detachable magazines. They fall under this category.
Lever action is not semi automatic though. Needs both characteristics.
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You might be wondering why this information isn't public already. Republicans passed a law to keep this information private. Yes, they're protecting the identity of criminals selling guns to cartels.
Fucking vote
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From 2006-2011 agents in Arizona stood down as straw purchasers illegally bought 2,000 guns at shops, intending to use the information to track trafficking patterns and arrest the kingpins. However, agents didn’t deliver the high-level arrests – and in the process, they lost track of hundreds of guns.
This is the shit I think of when I'm paying my taxes.
This shit is why 2A Advocates were so pissed off about Operation Fast & Furious and wouldn't shut up about it for years. The BATFE forced the gun shops involved to sell the weapons even when they didn't want to!
Seriously, the whole thing was a shitshow from start to finish and when the manure caught fire everyone involved from the Field Agents through AG Eric Holder lied their assess off about it.
Which US weed smokers are behind cartel violence?
Not I, a Californian who grows his own cannabis.
I thought we were over the whole "USA bad m'kay" but then shit like that turns up. It's not okay.
USA has always been bad. We aren't over that. If anything, we're just getting fucking started.
Most Texans are not cool with other Texans destroying Mexico for 30 pieces of silver.
Ok Texas. Do something.
“People are saying”™ that Liberals are behind it.