Weapons Traffic: NRA-led gun lobby wields powerful influence over ATF, U.S. politics

Well, the NRA has already said that "the solution has to come from Mexico."

NRA-led gun lobby wields powerful influence over ATF, U.S. politics: "Behind the scenes, federal agents in charge of stopping gun trafficking to Mexico have quietly advanced a plan to help stem the smuggling of high-powered AK-47s and AR-15s to the bloody drug war south of the border.

The controversial proposal by officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives calls for a measure strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association: requiring gun dealers to report multiple sales of rifles and shotguns to ATF.

The gun issue is so incendiary and fear of the NRA so great that the ATF plan languished for months at the Justice Department, according to some senior law enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity but would not provide details." Dec. 15, 2010