[Link] ATF Goes On Tour To Teach Journalists That Cops Are Usually Right When They Kill Someone

Read: 22/11/2021 www.techdirt.com

The ATF (the accepted not-actually-an-acronym for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) is back on its periodic charm offensive.

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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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