America’s Export of Gun Violence Is a Bipartisan Outrage
Presidents from both parties have allowed the gun industry to sow chaos abroad and undermine US security. Enough is enough.
Guns sold to Guatemala’s cops are falling into the wrong hands.
Photographer: Johan Ordonez/AFP
President Joe Biden’s administration is inadvertently worsening the very problem it is trying to solve — the migrant crisis at the southern border— by facilitating a surge in gun-fueled violent crime in Latin America and beyond. The president, long a champion of gun safety, needs to move quickly to fix this policy failure.
The number of semi-automatic firearms exported from the US has more than doubled since 2016. As a Bloomberg News investigation reveals, these sales have generated big profits for the gun industry — while causing mayhem throughout the region, including at the US-Mexico border.