[DuncanWaring]

... narrative to the media that 90% of the guns found at Mexican murder scenes were from American gun shops.

As I recall the story, even that's not accurate.

My recollection is that of all the guns the Mexican government collected at murder scenes, the Mexicans only asked the US government to "trace" the ones they thought originated from the US, which were a small fraction of the overall collection.

Thus, of the overall total of guns used in murders in Mexico, the guns from American gun shops were actually some fraction smaller than 90%.

[Travis McGee]

True, but the piece was already 5k words, so I had to stick to the basics of the case.