Gun Journey

On August 26, 2026, the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released new 2025 firearms trace data reports for Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean.

The reports make clear that firearms originating in the United States continue to fuel gun violence and instability across the Western Hemisphere. In the Caribbean, the percentage of guns traced to the US in many countries is even more staggering.

In the Bahamas, 99.1 per cent of the 221 firearms originated in the US. In Jamaica, it was 90.3 per cent of the 946 traced firearms. In Dominica, the US was responsible for 92.1 per cent of traced firearms. St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago were at 73 per cent and 73.1 per cent, respectively.