Congressional Hearing on Gun Exports
On March 26, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing, "Proposed Small Arms Transfers: Big Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy," on proposed rule…
U.S. Gun Companies Post Record Exports
Trump’s State Department Trashes its Authority to Control Lethal Weapons Sales By John Lindsay-Poland Gun manufacturing in the United States fell sharply in the first year of the Trump presidency,…
Trump Is Sending Guns South as Migrants Flee North
By Alex Yablon, Foreign Policy March 8, 2019 The administration’s push to weaken oversight of gun exports could worsen the Central American refugee crisis. When Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was…
Rep. Grijalva and Rep. Lowenthal Lead Congressional Letter on U.S. Firearms Sales to Mexico
WASHINGTON— Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva and Rep. Alan Lowenthal sent a letter on March 7 with 22 other Members of Congress to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to address…
Press Briefing on Firearms Export Reform
On Feb. 4, the Trump administration presented to Congress new rules for the international sale of military-style firearms that could make it easier to export the gun violence and weapons…
A memorial for the 43 Mexican students who were disappeared in 2014 is seen in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in September 2018. (Wikimedia Commons/Luis Alvaz)
Mexico disappearances highlight consequences of small arms exports
National Catholic Reporter, February 28, 2019 By Mary Ann McGivern You may remember the kidnapping and presumed murder of 43 Mexican students in 2014 in Guerrero, Mexico. Local police who…
Ex-Sig Sauer execs to avoid jail time for funneling 38,000 guns destined for Colombia through NH
New Hampshire Union Leader, Feburary 27, 2019 Three former managers of German gun maker Sig Sauer accused of illegally selling firearms to Colombia have reached a deal with prosecutors that…
Heckler & Koch’s illegal arms deal with Mexico
DW, February 20, 2019 Five H&K employees who conspired in a sale of G36 assault rifles to Mexico await their sentences in Stuttgart. The trial has offered insights into the…
Trump’s new gun export rules could aid terrorists, tyrants and criminals
CNN, February 14, 2019 By William Hartung For a man who regularly rails against the activities of criminal gangs and has claimed victory in the war on ISIS, President Donald Trump sure…
New Trump rules make it easier for U.S. gun makers to sell overseas
NBC News, Josh Lederman February 7, 2019 Manufacturers will no longer need State Department licenses to export dozens of weapons. WASHINGTON — Semi-automatic weapons, flamethrowers and even some grenades will…