About the only thing I can tell for sure about this whole sordid mess, is that it was not intended to really trace guns.
The fix is in...I can hear it now....
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"Another mass shooting, mass murders, drug violence in Mexico....(followed by video of dead bodies in the street, children crying.)
We are reporting once again, it was discovered American guns were exported into Mexico which caused this.
We must do something to stop this bloodshed!
It's out of control...We must take control, it's destabilizing our good neighbor, Mexico...We have international support to bring this bloody violence to an end.
We're calling for stricter regulation and common sense reforms to the 2nd Amendment...Once and for all, it's up to us to stop this easy access to guns!"