• The ethics of gun running

    From Lazarus Cain@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 2 14:25:42 2022
    How can Ukraine lose if US is offering them unlimited guns to use against Russia?

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday released a wide-ranging indictment charging 12 people with conspiring to violate federal firearms statues and traffic illegally-obtained guns across state lines and into the city of Chicago.

    At a news briefing, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced nine new defendants linked to the case of three U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Campbell who last year were indicted in connection with the straw purchases of dozens of weapons. Nine of
    those named in the indictment are all members of a faction of Chicago's Gangster Disciples street gang.

    The case is part of the Justice Department’s push to investigate and prosecute gun trafficking amid rising crime

    What are a few dozen guns in comparison to a billion dollars or more of lethal weapons the US Government traffics?
    What does that teach to our young people?
    "I gotta have a gun to take revenge!" is the gang thinking that America creates with its right to bear arms values.

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