Mexico wants an answer...

[Jolly]

I'd like to hear the answer, myself...

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-military-weapons-drug-cartels-united-states-659fecf40efc9977e8b127aed3ee5254

[George K]

The Mexican government estimates 70% of the weapons trafficked into Mexico come from the U.S., according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Someone's getting rich.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Mexico wants an answer...:

The Mexican government estimates 70% of the weapons trafficked into Mexico come from the U.S., according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Someone's getting rich.

Yeppers. But who?

We're talking grenades, rocket launchers and belt-fed machine guns. Americans can't own the first two and the machine guns are highly regulated.

This stuff is coming from military arsenals.

[Mik]

Lots of folks I’d wager. Likely to be many small operators.

[Jolly]

I'd wager it's from National Guard arsenals (but it would be a very small wager).

[George K]

@Jolly said in Mexico wants an answer...:

Yeppers. But who?

We're talking grenades, rocket launchers and belt-fed machine guns. Americans can't own the first two and the machine guns are highly regulated.

This stuff is coming from military arsenals.

Perzaktly.

[Jolly]

@Jolly said in Mexico wants an answer...:

I'd wager it's from National Guard arsenals (but it would be a very small wager).

On second thought, we've sent a crapload of stuff to Central America over the years.

[taiwan_girl]

....some manufacturers who sell arms to the U.S. military might also have sold some abroad or on the black market.

I could see this being an issue also. The world wide weapons trade is huge. Ju st look how many weapons were left or lost in Iraq/Afganistan, etc.

[Jolly]

True.

Not only functioning weapons, but the ME boneyards hold a ton of old Soviet and American hardware. Always wondered how much of that stuff could be reworked.