[Link] AK-47 maker denies accusation that it stole a gun design from a videogame

Read: 9/12/2021 www.pcgamer.com

Real-world weapons ending up in videogames is nothing new, but IGN has an interesting and very odd report about the process going the other way.

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[Link] How the 'Craigslist of Guns' Helps Arm Cartels in Mexico

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

Investigators traced guns found in the border city of Reynosa back to Americans who used the website Armslist.

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[Link] The NRA Is Bankrupt But It Still Owns America’s Gun Agency

Read: 23/9/2021 www.thedailybeast.com

The NRA declared bankruptcy; its longtime chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, has been disgraced, setting the gun rights group back on its heels.

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[Link] How Smugglers Flood Mexico With Cheap U.S. Guns

Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com

U.S. gun laws are easily exploited by traffickers and cartels in Mexico, who have caused devastation in their wake. The following is an adapted excerpt from Ioan Grillo’s latest book, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels.

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[Link] Mexico Just Sued the US Gun Industry for Causing 17,000 Killings a Year

Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com

The lawsuit names among others Smith & Wesson, Beretta, Century Arms, Colt, Glock and Ruger. Their guns are the ones most often recovered in Mexico, according to the complaint from the Mexican government. It also lists Barrett, “whose .

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