After all, this is the same government that is the largest arms dealer on the planet, and who frequently sells weapons to oppressive regimes. And let's not forget the ATF, an organization that is supposed to be responsible for keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, but instead was caught selling guns to drug cartels during operation Fast and Furious.

Ostensibly, Fast and Furious was supposed to help combat Mexican drug cartels by allowing legal gun dealers to sell weapons to the cartels. By tracking those weapons, the authorities could map the trafficking networks of the cartels and use that information to make arrests. Instead, no useful intel was gained, few arrests were made, and thousands of weapons were attained by these criminals. Over 200 Mexicans (that we know of) and one border patrol agent have been killed by these guns, which continue to pop up in crime scenes from time to time.