Why Mexican Cartels Use American Guns | The War On Drugs
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Published 2021-06-28
From handguns, to AK-47s and 50-calibre sniper rifles, weak US gun laws allow the drug cartels to arm themselves to the point where they can take on the Mexican army, shoot down military helicopters and take over entire cities. The trade in illegal drugs and illegal guns are inextricably linked.
This is how the War on Drugs is actually fought.
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All Comments (21)
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Watch more from this series: How Mexican Drug Cartels Make Billions - https://youtu.be/Dti7i1z6DNo
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I remember watching the videos from the cartels when the broke El Chopo's son out of prison. I saw H&K UMP-45's, MP-5's, M16's and M4's with ACOG sights and M203 grenade launchers, M249 SAW and M240 Bravo machine guns, Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns, and even AT-4 rocket launchers. First thing I though was "Hmmm.... none of those are civilian weapons in the US. All of those are US MILITARY weapons! Wonder where they came from🤔"
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I love how vice points fingers at citizen gun rights, while also ignoring the fact the U.S government is directly supporting this behind the scenes
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seems like a fair trade.. guns for drugs
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The fact that they say/believe that Mexico is getting guns from the US thru people obtaining them legally is hilarious. It is a known fact how Mexico obtains guns from the US and the fact that most of them are military grade should tell you.
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A lot of those guns aren't from the "civilian" market. These are actual military weapons like machine guns, rocket launchers, and more.
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Also no federal laws against gun trafficking ? You do realize that’s an auto felony
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The CIA literally drops off crates and crates of weapons. Bout time you guys do some actual journalism. You don't even have to look far!
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Well I guess I'm going to the cartel to get my ammunition
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Next Vice video: Why ISIS uses Toyota Tacomas
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the war on drugs is the literal definition of irony
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"This is the Wild West, man. It all goes through here now. Drugs come in, guns go out." - Oscar Guzman, GTA V
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The ATF should just change their name to "F" since that's all they really even worry about
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Keep in mind that often the ammo can be tracked down to military surplus
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Ask Eric Holder on why he thought it would be a great idea to send firearms to one specific cartel.
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I'm glad I work in fun manufacturing. Employee pricing is $800 for a "turn key" AR..
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When he says there are 65,000 "gun dealerships" in the US, that's the number of Federa Firearms Licenses, not brick and mortar gun stores. Just about anyone that's a legal citizen and not a felon could get one by filling out forms and paying a small fee. The distinction is important. The boulevards of US border towns are not lined with gun stores.
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The last sentence exactly regulate and decriminalize all drugs and tax each drug individually depending on how much it affects the health care system. They already did it with alcohol and cigarettes.
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Private transfer of a firearm IS NOT a loophole. No, we are not changing it.
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7:21 "My God given right to bare arms" I'm pretty sure it wasn't God but okay. Lmao 🤣
