“...as well as components for improvised explosive devices (IEDs).”
I don’t know about ya’ll, but none of the gun stores in my town stock C4 or IR-beam detonators.
This is a crock. harassing US gunshops is not going to stop guns to mexico. mexico buys guns from american MILITARY arms dealers.
I thought the cartels were being supplied by sources in Brazil and Venezuela?
This looks like an “October Surprise” in the making. An excuse to ramp up domestic gun control and to do it outside of the courts and the Congress.
LOL...Yeah I know the people at my local gun store pretty well but I guess the C4, Symtex, and TNT are just out of stock..must be waiting for the new shipment..LOL
"Just as worrisome, it cites evidence that the cartels are tapping into the U.S. market to buy components for improvised explosive devices or IEDs, the same type of sophisticated bombs that have been used against U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. A senior law enforcement official said that some ATF agents “rang the bell” about the prospect of IEDs being used by the Mexican cartels over a year ago, when they first saw reports of the thefts of commercial explosives near the Southwest border."
“IR-beam detonators.”
Standard parts with any garage-door opener kit.
Maybe they’ll go after Sears, Lowe’s, and Home Depot.