April 02, 2009

You Know That Line About Mexican Drug Cartels And Guns From The U.S.?

Umm...you might want to rethink that one.

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.

What's true, an ATF spokeswoman told FOXNews.com, in a clarification of the statistic used by her own agency's assistant director, "is that over 90 percent of the traced firearms originate from the U.S."

But a large percentage of the guns recovered in Mexico do not get sent back to the U.S. for tracing, because it is obvious from their markings that they do not come from the U.S

Thanks to MCPO.

Posted by: eddiebear at 04:33 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Damn, so there is area for improvement in this!  Soon we will have our own Gaza dropping bombs on us from Mexico.

Posted by: Robert Woolwine at April 03, 2009 11:44 AM (V+ylD)

2 Someone should tell Michael Yon.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at April 03, 2009 12:27 PM (wIkn8)

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