4 ms·

I'm not sure the legalities of gun ownership would bother the members of an illegal drugs operation.

• sliverstorm 11y ago
  Not to mention, the very business of a drug cartel is literally smuggling illegal contraband into countries. They are some of the last people that outlawing guns is going to stop.
• vidarh 11y ago
  He's not suggesting the legalities is the primary reason it sounds strange, but that the Chinese government appears to be less than likely to tolerate a criminal organization to have weapons that might allow it to become a threat, when they don't even allow the police access to similar weapons, much less civilians. I have no idea what situations are like with respect to weapons in China, so I have no idea whether he's right or not, but this is not just about the legality.