[Twoller]

There is another issue here that has an opportunity to be addressed. Notice this is all about guns leaving the US to go into the hands of criminals.

Well, exactly how are the guns leaving the US? What is the legal status of the act of moving anything, people or guns from inside the US to outside the US. Border issues typical are posed as having to do with people and contraband moving into the US. Nobody seems to be concerned with traffic the other way. Recall again the notion "self deportation" and many opposed to illegals support the idea that illegals should just wander back where they came from the same way they got in.

If we are to be concerned about borders, we have to be concerned about traffic crossing into the US and crossing out of the US. We need to accept that it is possible to leave the US illegally, especially if you got in illegally. Under no circumstances should we allow illegals to just cross out of the country any time they feel like. They are likely to continue to traffic in something illegal, like weapons and, most likely, stolen weapons and other stolen property.

We need to police our borders for both directions, going in and going out.