This operation is what Obama meant when he said he was pursuing gun control “under the radar”.
That is the same thing which came to me when this story first broke.
This was Obama’s way to push gun control without it passing Congress which he knew he couldn’t do right now.
He would have waited for more stories about U.S. guns causing Mexican crime. Then he would have issued some illegal executive orders and had BATFE issue more regulations based on the “sporting purpose” part of GCA 1968.