The BBC News just reported that Haiti is estimated to have half a billion firearms due to....

[RussellCattle]

......smuggling to the gangs. WTF. If true that means they have more than we do, in private hands.

[NJCher]

1. I think I read that

they get them from the U.S.

If so, our gun m'frs rank right up there with nefarious entities like the tobacco industry.

[calguy]

2. They're in business to sell guns

They don't care who buys them or where they end up.

[Diraven]

3. That's like 44 guns per person

That can't be right. Who can use that many?

[EX500rider]

4. I seriously doubt that

Population of Haiti 11 million which means around 5 million males which means about 2 and 1/2 million adult males somehow I doubt they own 500 million firearms

[Irish_Dem]

5. Who is paying for these weapons?

Who benefits?

[Ping Tung]

6. The gun manufacturers.

They don't give a cold damn who gets and uses the guns.

[Irish_Dem]

7. But who is paying for the guns?

Who is feeding, clothing and housing all the rebels?
Many of them just out of prison.

[Ping Tung]

10. This is really a case of "Follow the money."

[Irish_Dem]

11. Exactly. I keep asking, but I don't get answers.

There are a lot of weapons which are not cheap.
And food is scarce. Someone is footing the bill.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. I think it is fair to say that Haiti is a failed state.

The French fucked it over for centuries, they should come and fix it.

[sarisataka]

9. You are off by a factor of 1000

The BBC report says it's estimated there are half a million firearms.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68668460

[RussellCattle]

13. Not me. The BBC broadcast. I know what I heard. Like I said "WTF". That's why I posted.

[former9thward]

12. The BBC is off by a factor of 1000

If that is what they said. But I don't think they said that. The BBC says "half a million".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68668460

The UN says there are up to 500,000 guns in the country.

https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/toc/Haiti_assessment_UNODC.pdf

[RussellCattle]

14. I know what I heard them say. That's why I posted and why I said WTF.