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>