There is a Logic To It

But it rubs me raw.  7/10/24 AmmoLand:

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has changed its rules for multiple sales of certain types of semi-automatic rifles in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas due to their proximity to the southwest border."

The claim is thst this to interrupt the flow of weapons to the Mexican drug Cartels.  This is a perfectly plausible and good thing.

I am skeptical that this will impair their ability to obtain arms.  These are organizations with international reach and money on a scale comparable to many Third World governments.   I suppose if there was a mechanism for preventing the unregulated flow of people and goods from one nation to another this might not be a problem.  I am inventing a new concept here so bear with me: we could call it a border, with law enforcement agencies assigned to prevent unauthorized travel across it...

No, too wild of an idea.  Americans would never support it.

In practice, law-abiding Americans can subvert this by buying rifles one at a time and from different dealers.  I suspect unless the cartels need guns in huge numbers, they can afford to buy one at Joe's today, Huntin' Shack. Varmint Guns, until they run out of gun stores in Phoenix.  Until cartel buyers start buying dozens of guns a day per dealer, I do not see this crimping the supply of guns by much.