The running of illegal firearms is on the rise more than ever. Gun trafficking is not only limited in countries where there is civil war or political unrest, but unfortunately it is good business for crime organizations as well.
Like drug trafficking, this illegal activity involves people buying guns and smuggling them into another country. These illegal firearms go a long way and usually these guns are used for criminal activities and to be blunt about it for threat, murder, burglary.
One of the most notorious gun smuggling activities in the Americas is the gun running of firearms bought in the US and smuggled into Mexico. In one report that I read, a few women in Mexico act as buyers of guns in the States and smuggle them into Mexico for the gun runners. The gun runners are confident enough that women buyers would lessen the suspicion of the gun dealers, the women are being instructed by the gun runners to tell the gun dealers that they are buying guns to protect themselves.
I personally think that gun trafficking should be really controlled by authorities. This smuggling of guns will not do anything good to society. I believe that it will just keep the rate of crime higher and it will hurt and kill innocent people. My one and simple message - Stop Gun Violence and Fight Gun Trafficking!
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