“Wouldn’t it be simpler to leave the guns in the U.S.?”
Occam’s Razor and all, yes. But maybe the propaganda impact would be better if the terrorists used US-sourced guns crossing the border- buy AKs in the US, smuggle across the border to training camps, sneak back with the US guns.
The whole Gunwalker thing is irrational- start a coordinated media push of the concept of drug lords shopping for US guns in border gun shops, then supply the dopers with guns, and up the publicity including demands from the President of Mexico to “stop the flow of guns into Mexico”, the phony gun trace media hype, the whole thing seems horribly irrational.
But maybe having a Mumbai-type attack in the US with guns traced to gun shows and shops in Tx and Az would swing public opinion enough that the Congress would feel safe in their jobs to vote in some nasty legislation. “We’ve been working on gun control in the background”, remember that quote?
I thought the quote was a little more brazen than that. I believe the boob used the words “under the radar”.
FUBO!!
They have already started the public side of their efforts in the announcement yesterday of the ATF requiring reports of long gun sales in the border states...
So it begins...