The U.S. should own up to its share of the bloodshed in the drug war

Landau then ventures a few ideas to address the crisis: U.S. schools should develop new drug awareness programs, while law enforcement should focus on drug dealing inside the United States. In the last few lines of his piece, Landau briefly comes to the issue of guns. Given his experience as both a lawyer and (albeit fleetingly) a diplomat, one would expect him to push for sensible gun legislation. Unfortunately, he does not. Rather than step on fellow conservative toes, Landau advises the Justice Department to “redouble enforcement of its export-control laws to stanch the torrent of firearms and ammunition flowing across the border to the Mexican cartels.”