Testimony on Assault Weapons Guts Obama’s 90 Percent Lie

Pajamas Media ^ | July 22 | Bob Owens

[AJKauf]

The myth that legal guns sales in the United States are responsible for Mexican drug cartel violence took another serious blow last week when an ATF official testified in Congress that only eight percent of weapons recovered in Mexico came through licensed U.S. gun dealers.

This figure is far lower than the 90 percent claim made previously as an appeal to reinstate ineffective gun laws that expired in 2004. The claim — still active among the less informed or serially dishonest — officially became myth during congressional testimony last week when Bill McMahon, deputy assistant director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, revealed the eight percent figure, how it was calculated, and where the 90 percent myth arose from.

Of the 100,000 weapons recovered by Mexican authorities, only 18,000 were determined to have been manufactured, sold, or imported from the United States, and of those 18,000, just 7,900 came from sales by licensed gun dealers.

Both Mexican President Felipe Calderón and American President Barack Obama have tried to claim that 90 percent of the firearms used by Mexican drug cartels originate in the United States...

[ansel12]

only eight percent of weapons recovered in Mexico came through licensed U.S. gun dealers.

That seems redundant, American gun dealers or American gun retailers is sufficient.

[SpitfyrAce]

Who cares about the number of guns confiscated in Mexico versus the number that come from the US? It seems a better indicator of how well we are doing would be the total number of guns sold in the US per year (no idea...10 million???) versus the number found in Mexico...a number that is likely to be quite miniscule. I’ll guess and say it’s .01%

[Quickgun]

Actually I don’t care if 100% of the guns confiscated in Mexico come from the US, I don’t intend to give up my rights to appease the mexican government. I live in Texas, and there are plenty more folks here that feel that way also.

[SpitfyrAce]

Amen brother. I’m in Arizona, which is rapidly becoming Californa...quite sad. I recently enjoyed some hog hunting in Texas and I have to say you’ve got quite a state there. I’m jealous!

[BerserkPatriot]

"serially dishonest"

That's a nice way of describing most, if not all leftists

[SunkenCiv]

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[ridesthemiles]

Apparently they teach a different kind of math in Indonesia, where Barry went to grade school.

[2harddrive]

Sounds like we have just found a good export market, if you ask me! LOL.

[Jack Hammer]

You mean Obama lied about this? Gee, you could knock me over with a feather....