US gun shop sales implicated in trafficking to Mexico

Independent gun dealers and the number of firearms they sold that were found at crime scenes by Mexican authorities from November 2018 to November 2020 and traced back to U.S. gun shops by the ATF, plus weapons likely headed to Mexico that were referenced in 100 gun trafficking court cases from 2008-2012 and 2014-2023.

Bar chart in descending order with of gun shop names and locations with on the right and 12 stacked red bars and numbers on the left

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