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Firearm sales in USA have TRIPLED since 2000
Every state is involved in their production, even Hawaii; according to the gun makers, anyway. Way more than most people realize.
https://www.nssf.org/government-relations/impact/
foreign military sales have quintupled or so since 2000, depending on who you want to use as a source.
Last time I checked, US has as much military spending as the top 10 spenders combined, including China and Russia. Sources disagree somewhat depending on what you consider to be military spending.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/largest-defense-budgets-in-the-world/
Chances are very good the USA arms your country; we do make the very best in weapons, since we have been at war since 1911
The USA has been smuggling weapons since the Brown Bess rifle
You think we weren't at war in 1910? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Border_War