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Yes they do.

They need for the violence to get to a point that Federal troops under the President are put in the streets, not just National Guard under the Governor of the state.

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The vast majority of firearms recovered in Mexico from drug cartels did come from the US - but NOT from private US gun dealers. They came from US government approved "direct sales" from manufacturers to the corrupt military of Mexico and Central American countries. As could reliably been predicted those corrupt militaries supplied the criminals with most of their weapons.

The US government did NOT need to setup private US gun dealers in Fast and Furious, to arm criminals south or north of the border. They DID need Fast and Furious to disarm law abiding Americans.