Arizona Gun Store Owner Re-Arrested on Terrorism Support Charges for Selling to CDS & CJNG Straw Buyers

 "Socalj" for Borderland Beat

The owner of a closed gun shop in Sierra Vista, Arizona, a small town of 40,000 people near the Mexico border was indicted for a second time last week on charges related to providing material support to CJNG and CDS, Mexican cartels that were designated as foreign terrorist organizations, FTOs in 2025. 

Laurence Gray, 65, of Hereford, Arizona a former FFL (federal firearms licensee) under Grips By Larry, and owner of gun store The Other Guys Guns & Ammo is the first US citizen to be charged for Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Conspiracy to Provide Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization in relation to arms trafficking.

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Mexico Offering Gun Buyback Program

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat
From a CBS News Article

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday officially launched a campaign to crack down on the number of weapons on the country's violence-wracked streets.

The plan, called "Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace," will offer cash to those who anonymously leave weapons at designated drop-off locations, including churches.

Gun owners will get 8,700 pesos ($430) for a revolver, 25,000 pesos ($1,200) for an AK-47 rifle and 26,450 pesos ($1,300) for a machine gun. The firearms are then to be destroyed.

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