Like I said, as long as the body count goes up, why would they care whether some of them are from grenades? The media won't differentiate, any more than they did between the figures for US guns vs. guns from elsewhere. These cartels can easily buy any kind of weapons they want from around the world, and would have no problem bringing them into Mexico. They bring tons of cocaine in from South America, what are a couple tons of AKs and RPG, or Vietnam era M16s and Laws? But who knows, maybe somebody just told the ATF guys to “let weapons walk”, and never specified “no grenades”. So they let them walk.
Like I said, the more violence you get in Mexico the more people that never even considered owning a gun are buying guns.
The more people that never considered owning a gun before that are now buying guns for their own protection, the less likely there will be gun control through the legislative process.
Increasing the violence in Mexico is counterproductive in the argument for more gun control.
Gun control through the legislative process only works if the gun grabbers can stay in office.
The more people that feel it is necessary to own a gun for their own protection, the less likely that is to happen. They will simply vote the gun grabbers out and change the law.
For gun control through the legislative process to work, you have to decrease the threat of violence, not increase it.