American weapons to Mexico contribute to our nation’s fentanyl problem | Opinion
gives the Department of Justice additional authority to go after gun traffickers, including making it a federal crime for someone to act as straw purchaser of firearms intended for unlawful use. Separately, the Mexican government has attempted to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons. But tougher gun trafficking laws and greater cross-border cooperation are at the crux of the solution.
Since the passage of the gun reform measure, law enforcement officials in the United States have charged with violations of firearms-trafficking or straw-purchasing provisions. And in the first half of the 2023 fiscal year, law enforcement seized nearly 2,000 firearms and more than 80,000 rounds of ammunition, both significant increases from the same period a year earlier.More can and must be done to strengthen border security. Congress must enact comprehensive immigration reform that includes border security and pathways to legal status for those who enter the United States legally.
There is not a single fix to immigration chaos, cartel violence in Mexico and deadly fentanyl and other drug imports flooding American communities. Sadly, U.S. guns are a major part of the problem and tougher enforcement must be part of the solution.
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