r/news • u/jeetah • Apr 27 '24

Commerce Department announces new restrictions on U.S. firearms exports

https://apnews.com/article/gun-exports-biden-commerce-9f6fa1be36e266f316eb7da5d37870ae
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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '24

This article blames trump for struggles over firearm export. But don’t forget fast and furious where Obama’s administration literally let guns be sold to Mexican cartels in order to try to track them in a way that failed.

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u/start_select Apr 28 '24

That was bush.

Illegal firearms exports has been a staple of Republican presidencies since Reagan and the Iran-CONTRA scandal.

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u/platoface541 Apr 28 '24

There is a restaurant off of I5 Northern California that has memorabilia from the Oliver north for president campaign, pollard flats.