Are you kidding?
A better bet is the *FBI* sold them the guns.
I’d sooner believe THAT about this pack of dishonorable, low-life scumbags.
Freaking FBI.
Probably just put them in contact with somebody who said they would sell them guns - then busted the participants for conspiracy after they bit on the sting. That "Cobra Commander" fellow might be telling a carefully parsed truth. What was omitted is more important than what was said.
I would doubt that any guns were actually delivered or even available. But there is not much information in that story.
I’m with you on that. They either sold them or set the deal up.