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minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoand when Mexico tried to stop the flow of arms, the courts stepped into keep it going. https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-tosses-much-mexicos-lawsuit-against-us-gun-makers-2024-08-07/
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWow I had not heard about this, thank you.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoit’s not even the first time either. every few years they try to stem the flow of arms, and like clockwork the conservatives and gun nuts get it all thrown out. And then they continue to complain about the violence in mexico. https://fpif.org/arms_trafficking_at_the_us-mexico_border/ https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/gun-trafficking/ https://www.texastribune.org/2013/01/20/will-new-gun-laws-curb-weapons-smuggling-mexico/ https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/us/26borders.html https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna41257218 https://www.npr.org/2011/01/05/132652351/tracking-gun-dealers-linked-to-mexican-violence https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-15-mn-38557-story.html
minus-squareTowardsTheFuture@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoBecause destabilizing mexico so we have an influx of cheap labor has been the point since we were building fucking railroads.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoand turning central america into a bunch of plantations for the banana republics dole chiquita etc… the more I learn about history the more I think: maybe humanity doesn’t deserve to make it.
and when Mexico tried to stop the flow of arms, the courts stepped into keep it going.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-tosses-much-mexicos-lawsuit-against-us-gun-makers-2024-08-07/
Wow I had not heard about this, thank you.
it’s not even the first time either. every few years they try to stem the flow of arms, and like clockwork the conservatives and gun nuts get it all thrown out. And then they continue to complain about the violence in mexico.
https://fpif.org/arms_trafficking_at_the_us-mexico_border/
https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/gun-trafficking/
https://www.texastribune.org/2013/01/20/will-new-gun-laws-curb-weapons-smuggling-mexico/
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/us/26borders.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna41257218
https://www.npr.org/2011/01/05/132652351/tracking-gun-dealers-linked-to-mexican-violence
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-15-mn-38557-story.html
Because destabilizing mexico so we have an influx of cheap labor has been the point since we were building fucking railroads.
and turning central america into a bunch of plantations for the banana republics dole chiquita etc…
the more I learn about history the more I think: maybe humanity doesn’t deserve to make it.