Goldman: Most guns traced by ATF in the Caribbean came from the U.S.

November 18, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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NATIONWIDE — A FEDERAL STUDY found that 73% of firearms recovered and traced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Caribbean between 2018-2022 came from the United States, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-10) announced on Monday. The Government Accountability Office studied the role that American-made firearms play in Caribbean nations’ gun violence at the request of Goldman and other top officials.

“American firearms traffickers aren’t just fueling a gun violence epidemic here at home, they’re also arming cartels abroad and contributing to the drug and human trafficking operations at the border, including the fentanyl crisis,” Goldman said in a statement.

Goldman said Congress must pass legislation like Texas Rep. Joaquín Castro’s ARMAS Act and his own Disarming Cartels Act “to keep American manufacturers from fueling the crisis at the border.”

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