[Travis McGee]

That’s not a rational explanation at all. 2,500 weapons to the drug cartels are like a ream of copy paper to a company.

They have no need or desire to pay off any U.S. pols to obtain weapons, including full-auto machineguns, rocket launchers and grenades from non-U.S. sources.

[Gilbo_3]

most of the cartel bosses are prolly pissed off at the thought that theyd be stupid enuff to pay the US retail price for semiauto weapons, when they have armories of military grade stuff bought for 1/3 the price...

the flunkies that did the buying got the purchase money from US taxpayers, and the cartels [bosses] most likely didnt have a thing to do with it, except for being the patsy...