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The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.


Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a positive move by the United States, it would help cut down on the flow of guns going across the border into Mexico, which is struggling with heavy violence among drug cartels along the border.


“I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum.” Holder said at a news conference on the arrest of more than 700 people in a drug enforcement crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating in the U.S.
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It would seem that the Obama administration, in all the ways do-gooders like to do, think the American people are, well, stupid. Pitching the assault weapons ban as good for Mexico is also very very stupid. Why?

The US has a limitation on firearms where most firearms bought or sold in the United States are semi-automatic. A semi-automatic AK-47 is effectively handicapped to the same functionality as a hunting rifle. Sad, but true – something most proponents of assault rifle bans won’t really admit.

So if this is the case, why would Mexican drug cartels turn to the United States for weapons? The average semi-auto AK-47 can run anywhere from $250 – $600 in the U.S.

The going price on the world market for a fully automatic AK-47 can be anywhere from $15-$50 in bulk. So you tell me – why the hell would drug cartels buy semi-automatic versions of a gun at a higher price than they would pay for a fully automatic gun?

Either the Obama administration needs to get their collective heads out of their asses or they truly, deeply, madly do believe we’re a bunch of idiots.
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