Is it gun shops, gun shows or government that is ‘chief source of weapons?'

"Following yesterday’s announcement of an 84-count federal indictment against 11 people including the mayor and police chief of a famous New Mexico community for gun trafficking, gun rights activists from Seattle to San Antonio are wondering who is the greater threat to homeland security: armed private citizens or avaricious public servants?

Question: Had those firearms transactions occurred at, say, the Puyallup gun show (which deals swiftly with people who violate the rules, as this column noted here) and not involved public officials or an Obama administration agency, would that be a front page headline story, above the fold, in every newspaper in the country? While American gun shows, conducted by organizations like the Washington Arms Collectors, are almost invariably smeared as the source of guns for criminals, the Evergreen State’s contribution to Mexican violence over the past several years (detailed here by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns) has declined, apparently to the chagrin of the Seattle Weekly, which has reported:"

Via Sipsey Street Irregulars