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第1项，共2项 2013年12月14日，在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的枪支回购活动中，市民上缴的乌兹半自动步枪及其他武器被放入垃圾桶。路透社/凯沃克·詹塞齐安/资料图片
[1/2]2013年12月14日，在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的枪支回购活动中，市民上缴的乌兹半自动步枪及其他武器被放入垃圾桶。路透社/凯沃克·詹塞齐安/资料图片 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
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华盛顿，3月30日 路透电 — 两名民主党国会议员正在向商务部施压，要求获取美国半自动武器出口的详细数据，他们担忧合法出口的美国枪支正在助长整个西半球的刑事暴力，并为贩毒集团提供武器。
路透社查阅了马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和纽约州众议员格雷戈里·米克斯于周日致商务部副部长杰弗里·凯斯勒的信件。
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沃伦和米克斯分别是参议院银行委员会和众议院外交事务委员会的民主党最高级别成员，他们援引2018年《出口管制改革法案》赋予的监督权力，要求全面梳理自2025年1月以来获批的半自动枪支出口许可证。
此次申请涵盖半自动步枪、手枪、霰弹枪及相关配件，并要求商务部工业与安全局披露获批许可证数量、接收出口的国家、获准接收武器的购买者类型，以及为防止武器被转移到非法市场所开展的任何监督细节。
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该信件要求商务部在4月13日前作出回复，并向两个委员会提交全面简报。
议员们援引美国烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局的数据称，合法出口的美国枪支在中美洲犯罪枪支溯源中占比近20%，在北美以外的全球范围内占比超过37%。
这封信是沃伦审视美国武器流向犯罪分子手中的最新举措。
沃伦在3月初提出一项法案，旨在阻止密苏里州的陆军所属弹药厂向平民出售军用级子弹，她称部分子弹被转移到墨西哥贩毒集团，并用于美国十多起大规模枪击事件。
2023年，商务部暂停了大多数民用枪支和弹药的出口许可长达数月，以评估“枪支被转移到助长地区动荡、侵犯人权或助长犯罪活动的实体或活动中的风险”。
美国枪支销售企业包括斯特姆·鲁格公司（RGR.N）和史密斯威森品牌公司（SWBI.O）。
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Democratic lawmakers seek data on US gun exports linked to cartels, criminal violence
2026-03-30 10:06 UTC / Reuters
By Mike Stone
March 30, 2026 10:06 AM UTC Updated 1 min ago
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Item 1 of 2 An Uzi semiautomatic rifle with other weapons are placed in trash bin after citizens surrendered them during a gun buyback program in Los Angeles, California, December 14, 2013. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo
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WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – Two Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Commerce Department for detailed data on U.S. exports of semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that legally exported American firearms are fueling criminal violence and arming cartels across the Western Hemisphere.
Reuters reviewed the letter sent on Sunday by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Gregory Meeks of New York to Under Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler.
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Warren and Meeks, the top Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, respectively, invoked their oversight authority under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to demand a sweeping accounting of semi-automatic firearm export licenses approved since January 2025.
The request covers semi-automatic rifles, pistols, shotguns and associated accessories, and asks the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security to disclose the number of licenses approved, the countries receiving the exports, the types of purchasers cleared to receive them, and details of any monitoring conducted to prevent diversion into illegal markets.
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The letter requested a response and a full briefing to the committees by April 13.
The lawmakers cited data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives showing that legal U.S. firearm exports account for nearly 20% of crime gun traces in Central America and more than 37% globally outside of North America.
The letter is the latest move by Warren to scrutinize the flow of U.S.-made weapons into criminal hands.
Warren in early March introduced legislation to stop an Army-owned ammunition plant in Missouri from selling military-grade bullets to civilians, asserting that some rounds have been diverted to Mexican drug cartels and used in more than a dozen American mass shootings.
In 2023 the Commerce Department paused export licensing of most civilian firearms and ammunition for months to assess the “risk of firearms being diverted to entities or activities that promote regional instability, violate human rights, or fuel criminal activities.”
U.S. companies that sell firearms include Sturm Ruger & Co (RGR.N) and Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI.O).
Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Sergio Non and Sonali Paul
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