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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with government officials and gun control advocates, speaks at a news conference on May 30 about firearm-control legislation that was tabled in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

World News

As gun violence rises in Canada, weapons from the U.S. complicate gun control efforts

7:00am July 09, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

A bill before Canada's Parliament aims to stop the spread of handguns — but one of the most difficult challenges for Canada is the guns being smuggled over the border from the U.S.

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Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have linked nearly 300 firearms to 11 people accused of illegally re-selling the weapons in a straw purchase scheme, according to court documents.

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Prosecutors say a smuggling ring moved nearly 300 guns from Atlanta to Philadelphia

6:00am April 12, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Over six months, the Atlanta-based group bought hundreds of firearms from local retailers only to resell them to Philadelphia-based brokers. Now the weapons are showing up at crime scenes.

A new government report details the problems agencies face in fighting weapons trafficking. Here, thousands of guns lie on the ground before being destroyed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 2012.

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In Mexico, Tens Of Thousands Of Illegal Guns Come From The U.S.

1:31pm January 12, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The ATF has been able to trace the smuggled guns' original purchasers in less than half of the 73,684 cases cited in the report.