• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Okay, but this should also apply to the military and police. (Redundant, I know.) We don’t want someone stealing rifles and selling them to cartels, right?

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      7 months ago

      Don’t know if you’re aware or if it’s the point, but that’s EXACTLY what the US government has done repeatedly. Selling the cartels weapons as “undercover stings” and then losing track of the weapons and people. Which means all they did was literally sell weaponry to the cartel.

      Most Americans aren’t aware of this routinely happening, so I wasn’t sure if you’re comment was aware or not.