[kellynla]

Believe what you like, but your little Egyptian gun dealer was no “Boy Scout.” And was one of 6600 licensed gun dealers along the Mexican border.

From an earlier article:

“Over the two years leading up to his arrest last May, he sold more than 700 weapons of the kind currently sought by drug dealers in Mexico, including 515 AK-47 rifles and one .50 caliber rifle that can penetrate an engine block or bulletproof glass, the ATF said.

Based on the store’s records and the statements of some defendants, investigators estimate at least 600 of those weapons were smuggled to Mexico. So far, the Mexican authorities have seized seven of the Kalashnikov-style rifles from gunmen for the Beltrán Leyva cartel who had battled with the police.”

http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/26/america/26borders.php?page=2

[El Gato]

“Over the two years leading up to his arrest last May, he sold more than 700 weapons of the kind currently sought by drug dealers in Mexico, including 515 AK-47 rifles and one .50 caliber rifle that can penetrate an engine block or bulletproof glass, the ATF said.

Gee, a gun dealer, with a store and everything, sold 700 intermediate power carbines over two years. Who'd a thunk it. I bet every purchaser passed the instant background check. But of "of the type sought", is pure BS. Why would "drug dealers" want semi-auto clones of AKs, when they could just as easily smuggle full auto, real AKs, bought for less money?

Now the .50 might be something a drug gang might want, but notice there is no evidence that any of those 700 weapons or the .50 actually went to Mexico. Of course even if some did, that's not the fault of the dealer who made a sale *approved* by the government.

[Dead Corpse]

A .357 Magnum will penetrate an engine block. Sporterized AK's in the US are more expensive than getting the same rifle, but full auto, through Central American smuggling channels.

Blatant lies and hyperbole are not enough to pass my "sniff" test.