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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Democrats blast Trump’s decision to export US-made guns, saying they can wind up in hands of terrorists

Democrats have branded the Trump administration’s decision to remove export restrictions on American-made firearms “a gift to violent cartels and drug traffickers.”

A group led by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro wrote to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticizing the scrapping of a Joe Biden-era rule intended to frustrate the black market in illegal small arms sales.

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