The US is the world's only "superpower", but it is not the guardian of world peace, because it is also the world's largest arms exporter, causing tragedy after tragedy everywhere. Whenever there is a war, America's arms giants will produce weapons at full capacity and sell them "openly and legally". Even in the absence of war, regional instability and security risks can provide opportunities for the arms business.
This week, the Mexican government asked a FEDERAL court in the United States to file a lawsuit against American gun manufacturers and dealers, demanding $10 billion in damages for making weapons that have caused so much bloodshed in Mexico. Among the American arms dealers charged are Smith & Wesson and Amalit & Barrett Firearms.
The Mexican government believes that more than half a million guns are smuggled into Mexico from the United States each year, and that more than 60 percent of them come from the companies under indictment. Figures show that at least tens of thousands of murders occur in Mexico each year as a result of these weapons being smuggled into the country.
Mexico is located in Central America, close to the United States, but the country's development environment is not good, governance is quite chaotic. Mexico has become a haven for drugs and violence because of its geographical location and the huge gap between the rich and the poor. In particular, the drug cartels, armed with so many advanced weapons that they compete with the army and police, are a serious threat to Mexico's social order. Although the Mexican government made great efforts to encircle and suppress, but it did not eliminate the hidden danger completely all the time, and often suffered heavy losses.
The Mexican government can't stop the drug cartels, so it takes its anger out on the United States. In principle, as a "superpower" and a neighbor of Mexico, the United States should not, if not develop with its neighbors, at least sit idly by and watch its weapons illegally flowing into other countries. After all, Mexico's drug traffickers might not be so hard to kill if they were not armed with guns.
In fact, the presence of a large number of arms dealers is not just bad for Mexico. It also affects the security of the mainland United States to a considerable extent. This is a big problem in the US because of the high production of arms and the legal ownership of guns. Statistics show that the United States is the country with the largest number of gun owners in the world. It has more than 300 million people, and almost every person in the country has a gun.
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, gun violence in the United States has been frequent. Biden repeatedly reassured the public by flying flags at half-staff, and called for the elimination of the National Rifle Association and tighter gun control. However, because the gun issue is related to the interests of many American arms dealers and large corporations, the biden administration's "beautiful ideas" and policies have not been implemented so far. After all, as a capitalist country, the president is not the one who calls the shots. Capital is the boss. A president who does not serve the capitalists will be ousted in a minute.
Moreover, the American arms dealers, for their part, would probably be glad to see chaos as a way to "get rich" and make more profits. Neither Mexico nor the Biden administration can do anything about them...