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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Lenient rules on buying guns in Florida and firearms transportation are subverting Puerto Rico's stricter gun laws and fueling a black market for weapons on the island, authorities say.
About 60 percent of the guns seized in Puerto Rico in the past decade came from Florida, according to estimates from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Puerto Rican police linked illegal guns to many of the island's more than 7,000 murders in the last 10 years.
Officials say guns frequently are bought legally on the mainland and flown to Puerto Rico in airline luggage.
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