I think it is actually worse than just wanting to enact more restrictive gun laws. I believe somebody high up in government(Holder and Obama??) were getting kickbacks from the cartels for the ‘free guns’.
The dems just want us to look at this as a legislative gimmick and while that may be an added benefit to the commie dems...there is very big money in helping the cartels. They hand out money to politicians all the time. Go look at how many dem mayors and sheriffs there are along the border and up along the major drug running corridors through the US...you will be surprised.
Many large banks make tons and tons of money from drug cartels, laundering it. And they in turn “donate” money to politicians. That’s why they like the phony drug war that doesn’t stop drugs, but keeps the prices nice and high.