Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban

[scottm]

This was a campaign promise, so it's definitely no surprise.

Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=6960824&page=1

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.

What I found to be particularly interesting is this...

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.

Drugs are illegal, but there's clearly a major drug trafficking issue.
Making guns illegal is going to somehow curb that problem? Huh?

If the current illegal drug trade doesn't clearly promote the fact that
legislation isn't the issue, I don't know what these folks are smoking?

Thanks, Obama.