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Sanchez's Husband: Mexico only has one legal gun store, on a military base

Codie's Husband · I Worked in the Most Dangerous City in the America's · Jan 22, 2025 · at 22:38

Codie Sanchez and her husband discuss cartel weaponry and the proliferation of U.S. firearms in Mexico.

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“And there's supposedly one single gun store in the entire country, and it's on a military base.”

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The claim, plainly

Mexico has only one single legal gun store in the entire country, which is located on a military base.

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Assessment

The claim bundles two assertions: that Mexico has only a single legal gun store, and that legal gun retail is located on a military base. The second leg holds: under the Federal Law on Firearms and Explosives (LFAFE), the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) maintains a monopoly over legal firearm sales, operating its retail facilities directly on military installations. However, the first leg fails: while DCAM in Naucalpan (Estado de México) was historically the country's only legal gun retail outlet, SEDENA opened a second authorized commercial facility (OTCA) inside the 7th Military Zone in Nuevo León in mid-2019. As of the January 2025 statement date, Mexico had two operational legal gun retail facilities, not one.

SEDENA operates the primary retail outlet, Dirección de Comercialización de Armamento y Municiones (DCAM), on military property in Naucalpan, Estado de México.
In mid-2019, SEDENA opened a second authorized retail facility, the Oficina para Trámites de Comercialización de Artículos Regulados por la LFAFE (OTCA), inside the 7th Military Zone in Nuevo León.
Academic research published in Frontera Norte (May 2024) and contemporary firearm acquisition registries confirm both military facilities operate as authorized legal points of sale for civilians.

Checked against

[1] wikipedia.org [2] colef.mx [3] latimes.com [4] www.gob.mx [5] apnews.com [6] youtube.com [7] latamrob.com [8] armasmx.com

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