Topher McDougal (@tophermcd.bsky.social)

US-based #firearms retailers are largely responsible for arming Mexican #cartels -- with huge implications for #homicide rates in #Mexico and #drug trafficking to the States. stories.theconversation.com/mexican-drug...

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Mexican drug cartels use hundreds of thousands of guns bought from licensed US gun shops – fueling violence in Mexico, drugs in the U.S. and migration at the border Gun traffickers buy firearms at gun dealers in the U.S. and transport them across the border to Mexico, where it is much harder to buy guns. https://stories.theconversation.com/mexican-drug-cartels-use-hundreds-of-thousands-of-guns-bought-from-licensed-us-gun-shops-fueling-violence-in-mexico-drugs-in-the-u-s-and-migration-at-the-border/index.html