Mexico Should Be Very "Fast and Furious" with the American Government

According to BBC News, there was a Mexican arrested after the death of a U.S. agent in 2010, linked to the "Fast and Furious Scandal." What is the "Fast and Furious Scandal" might you ask? The scandal was an attempt to obtain high risk cartel members in Mexico. The American government had given the cartel members weapons, but had lost track of around 1,700 firearms. Among these weapons were grenades, fully automatic firearms, and anti-material rifles (some of the largest caliber firearms that can be used by a single person). The worst part, in my opinion, is that a border patrol agent named Brian Terry was murdered with one of these weapons by a Mexican cartel member. The weapons given to the Mexican cartel members were also used in a hired gun attack on two groups of high school and college students, leading to the death of fourteen young men and women and the injury of twelve more before leaving the site. This method of selling illegal firearms to track wanted men, called "gunwalking," is just as illegal as the guns themselves, but the ATF made use of it anyway during the end of Bush's presidency and the beginning of Obama's presidency. The "Fast and Furious" scandal did much more harm than good and led to the deaths of many people. Most of the weapons given to the Mexicans are either illegal in the USA or very difficult to get without a large amount of struggle anyway. The whole idea was just ridiculous from the start.

A small amount of the weapons given to the Mexican cartels.
A large-bore, anti-material rifle can be seen in the middle.