Trading in fire arms is big business for transnational criminal operations. Why and where do these weapons come from? Explain, using at least one specific example from the book, why guns are profitable to transnational criminal organizations and how individuals and/or groups acquire illegal guns either for or from these organizations.
What will be an ideal response?
Students may discuss Mexico with no legal gun shops getting its guns primarily from legal sales in the United States, or other examples such as armed groups acquiring guns from stockpiles around the world. Students should demonstrate that they understand that guns are a durable good which can circulate indefinitely from conflict to conflict and thus are profitable for criminal organizations to buy and sell. Firearms are also always in demand where there is conflict and conflict breeds crime, thus market conditions are apt.
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