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Meeks - Warren press commerce department to release data on Gun Exports fueling gun violence abroad
US firearm exports are responsible for over 37 percent of crime gun traces globally outside of North America. Without adequate controls, legal firearm exports end up in the hands of militia, cartels, other criminal actors abroad. WASHINGTON, USA – Representative Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs…
Democratic legislators in the United States demand transparency on the legal import of weapons and bullets, in the face of fears that part of the arsenal is being acquired by Mexican cartels. According to Reuters sources, Massachusetts legislators Elizabeth Warren, and New York representative Gregory Meeks, sent a letter to the Undersecretary of Commerce, Jeffrey Kessler, demanding a comprehensive report on such operations.
Democratic lawmakers seek data on US gun exports linked to cartels, criminal violence - Regional Media News
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Two Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Commerce Department for detailed data on U.S. exports of semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that legally exported American firearms are fueling criminal violence and arming cartels across the Western Hemisphere. Reuters reviewed the letter sent on Sunday by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Gregory Meeks of New York …
Two Democratic Congressmen are pressuring the Department of Commerce to provide detailed data on US exports of semi-automatic weapons, claiming its concern that legally exported firearms are fuelling criminal violence and arming cartels across the Western Hemisphere. Reuters reviewed the letter sent on Sunday by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Gregory Meeks of New York to Undersecretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler.
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