Previously...
“The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
While 90 percent of the guns traced to the U.S. actually originated in the United States, the percent traced to the U.S. is only about 17 percent of the total number of guns reaching Mexico.”
By William La Jeunesse and Maxim Lott
FOXNews.com
Thursday, April 02, 2009
SNIPPET: “There’s just one problem with the 90 percent “statistic” and it’s a big one:
It’s just not true.
In fact, it’s not even close. The fact is, only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced to the U.S.”
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=324863753845077
“The Guns Of Calderon”
By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 4:20 PM PT
SNIPPET: “Weapons: Reporting on President Obama’s visit to Mexico, the Washington Post parrots both governments’ line that 90% of guns confiscated from the drug lords originate in the U.S. They’re all shooting blanks.”
Read More: Latin America & Caribbean
SNIPPET: “Ed Head, a firearms instructor in Arizona who spent 24 years with the U.S. Border Patrol, recently displayed an array of “assault rifles” that are similar to those recovered in Mexico, but are unavailable for sale in the U.S.
“These kinds of guns — the auto versions of these guns — they are not coming from El Paso,” Head told Fox News. “They are coming from other sources. They are brought in from Guatemala. They are brought in from places like China. They are being diverted from the military. But you don’t get these guns from the U.S.”
The Mexican drug cartels gross an estimated $40 billion annually. They don’t need to scour roadside American gun shows for their weapons. Neither do American politicians or the media need to fudge the numbers — unless this is preparing the way to stricter gun control.
After all, as someone once said, never waste a good crisis.”