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Gladwyn d’Souza<p>American <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gunmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gunmakers</span></a> have been the leading supplier of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>firearms</span></a> to Guatemala for years, but following a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>regulatory</span></a> change in 2020, shipments have more than doubled. The vast majority have been <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/semiautomaticpistols" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>semiautomaticpistols</span></a>, the weapon most commonly used in US <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/guncrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>guncrimes</span></a>...the number of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/murders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>murders</span></a> in Guatemala has risen annually, after 11 straight years of decline. </p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-us-gun-violence-border-crisis-guatemala/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-us</span><span class="invisible">-gun-violence-border-crisis-guatemala/</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-us-made-gun-exports-shootings-violence-sig-sauer/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-us</span><span class="invisible">-made-gun-exports-shootings-violence-sig-sauer/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/businessasusual" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>businessasusual</span></a>: growing number of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/semiautomatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>semiautomatic</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/handguns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>handguns</span></a> and rifles exported by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gunmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gunmakers</span></a> and linked to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/violentcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>violentcrimes</span></a>. With about 400 million civilian <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>firearms</span></a> owned in the US, companies like Sig are seeking new buyers abroad, and they’ve found an eager ally: The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/federalgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>federalgovernment</span></a> has helped push international sales of rapid-fire guns to record levels.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CapitalismIsKillingYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapitalismIsKillingYou</span></a></p>