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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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