The first world is constantly preaching and criticizing third world nations for their inability to curb the violence that has taken thousands of lives in countries like The Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and more. Interesting though, as it seems the first world is the number one exporter of military equipment. According to Richard F. Grimmett's report to congress the top 7 weapons exporting countries are the United States with 135 billion dollars, Russia with 68 billion, France with 32 billion, the U.K. with 26 billion, Germany with 13 billion, China with 12 billion, and Italy with 7 billion dollars. The United States is by far the largest distributor of arms in the world, selling more than twice as much as the next closest competitor. The truth, then, is that there is no economic incentives for the United States to stop exporting weapons; In fact, the economic incentive is to increase the sales. How can a government that profits so highly form "running guns" be effective in combating the Black Market arms trade? Maybe it can't.