Feinstein continues to misrepresent Mexican gun tracing numbers

Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 27 April, 2012 | David Codrea

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“New ATF Data Proves Overwhelming Majority of Guns Recovered in Mexico Come from U.S.,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., claimed yesterday in a press release. “Between 2007-2011, 68.5 percent of recovered weapons were of U.S. origin; more must be done to stop firearms trafficking to Mexico,” she declared.

The senator is referring to data disclosed in yesterday’s “roundtable” hosted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), held with credentialed members of the media “to discuss firearms trace data from the Government of Mexico.” This column predicted yesterday that “What we will no doubt hear the loudest after the fact will be…that the biggest problem Mexico faces in re arming cartels is the private ownership of guns in the U.S.,” and Feinstein’s release exceeds expectations, especially since reading down deeper into the text is the buried admission that the percentage represents firearms “recovered in Mexico and submitted to ATF for tracing.”

That’s a critically important distinction, and one that’s been intentionally obscured by committed citizen disarmament proponents who value control over freedom, and who first represented the total numbers as “95 to 100 percent,” and who then, refusing to cede to the truth, have been nonetheless pushed back by it to renew their stand at the 90 percent, 80 percent and 70 percent levels...

“This data makes it very clear that we need to increase our efforts to starve the supply of American weapons that arm Mexico’s brutal drug trafficking organizations,” Feinstein concludes, meaning she intends to do all she can to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms. But the thing is, the data doesn’t make that clear at all, and in fact, cautions against jumping to hysterical conclusions.

[marktwain]

Feinstein is a leftist. Feinstein is a liar. But, I repeat myself.

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Gunwalker ping.

[headstamp 2]

Standard operation procedure for liberals/communists. Keep repeating the lie, no matter what. Keep repeating the lie long after the forces for truth take a break.

[KeyLargo]

Dems Crafting Bill to Use IRS Code to Remove 2nd Amendment Rights

http://visiontoamerica.org/9414/dems-crafting-bill-to-use-irs-code-to-remove-2nd-amendment-rights/

[rktman]

That may be but you gotta give credit that she and her hubbie never tried to enrich themselves based on her position and inside knowledge. LOL! Riiiiigggghhhhhhtttttt! Caliclownians keep putting these leftists back in office. Sadly for the rest of us they hurt everybody. Not just those they supposedly represent in cali.

Helping keep mankind warm for almost 65 years.

[Roccus]

"...more must be done to stop firearms trafficking to Mexico,” she declared.

CLOSE THE FREAKIN' BORDER!!

[RC one]

forgetting for a moment that her data is utter BS, why not secure the border better Diane? That would be much easier than erasing the second amendment. You effing c**t.

[Vaduz]

Feinstein is a liar,fool and useless.Wonder what her bribe-o-meter reads?.

[Seamus Mc Gillicuddy]

Uh-oh! I told everyone what happens every time I hear Feinstein speak!!!

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2873922/posts?page=15#15

[TigersEye]

ATF Publishes Misleading Trace Data From Mexico
April 27, 2012 | Katie Pavlich

The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
April 02, 2009 | William La Jeunesse & Maxim Lott

Fast and Furious; 0bama's Bloodiest Scandal and its Shameless Cover-Up.
Video interview with author/journalist Katie Pavlich.

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