Reply #82: This is flame bait. The article is about Holder speaking to stemming

[geckosfeet]

the flow of arms and ammunition to Mexico. It is about gun dealers breaking the law, and justice strengthening the laws that would regulate these sales and reduce the reach of Mexican drug cartels.
Mexican drug cartels pose a national security threat

Heavily armed cartels are gangsters. They will reach out farther and farther. They will reach into the US and without a second thought kill you or your families or your neighbors to get what they want. They will use violence and murder to clear a path for and protect their businesses.

If you think that you can outgun them you are wrong.

US gun dealers selling them firearms and ammunition is against the law. If you have a problem with an assault weapons ban, talk to the arms dealers who are supplying the cartels.