In the first innings of this game, I asked why a person would buy an American gun from a dealer to export to Mexico? It would be so much cheaper to go to Chavez, or any one of a dozen other cheaper places if you are a drug dealer looking for guns. AK47's are all over the globe for less than $100. Even Somalia is overrun with guns, even rockets and machine guns. Nigeria, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Ecuador, you name it, they have guns. Maybe a .50 cal or some specialty gun would have to come from America, but the average assault rifle costs too much in the US.
I never dreamed the government would be providing the guns to Mexico, I thought they were just lying about the amount. Now it makes sense how the numbers are traced to the US,........ because Obama sold them. I would venture to say that the number of American guns in Mexico is more like 10% if you discount the thousands provided by Holder.
I asked the same question because, as you pointed out: "
It would be so much cheaper to go to Chavez, or any one of a dozen other cheaper places if you are a drug dealer looking for guns."
The only reason I can surmise is that our tax dollars paid for the guns. Who would pass up a freebie throw away crime gun (to be) among the Cartels?