Accross the continent, a huge number of guns recovered in crimes can be traced back to a gun store in America.
Not fully automatic firearms. The very few for sale in the United States are old, expensive, Federally tracked, and not available in any real quantity.
I love the accidental admission that you only want to know where it’s coming from because it can’t be bought in America…
Yes, because the explanation being given by the article doesn’t match with the reality of firearms in the U.S.
For instance that firearm in the first picture of the original article simply isn’t for sale at any shop in the United States. The only way you are buying it is with a special permit from the US Federal Government itself, the permit is only given to specific military and possibly some police organizations. The permit will only allow the purchase of a pre specified number of an exact model of firearm, and that purchase will be tracked (by serial number) from the time of manufacture through the sale process and delivery to the permitted organization.
Once all that’s done the permitted organization cannot legally sell them, let alone export them, without a whole 'nother pile of paperwork that requires Federal approval.
Be sure to tell us what you learn from them, so we know you’re not just defending Americas gun laws by muddying the waters.
I read the article you posted at the beginning of March. In fact I’ve probably read the majority of the articles, and the studies underpinning them, on this subject for at least twenty years. I even read the U.N. Report linked in the original article. Did you?
The truth is that simple semi-auto weapons like AR pattern rifles and Glocks can be bought here, sure, but a dozen different Federal Laws are being broken in order to get them to the gangs in Haiti. I’m sure it’s happening anyway and I’m not arguing about that.
What I’m saying is that is that the claims of full auto weapons coming from the US are extraordinary and need far more proof than just an AP News article.