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The ‘90%’ Myth is 100% Wrong

April 2, 2009 by Ken Emanuelson  
Filed under News and Opinion

Check this out, from William La Jeunesse and Maxim Lott of FoxNews:

“…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….(more)”

 

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2 Responses to “The ‘90%’ Myth is 100% Wrong”
  1. TXPoet TXPoet says:
    April 3, 2009 at 5:06 am

    The handguns that are being smuggled into Mexico go to fulfill the need of the Mexican Citizens to protect themselves as you can read in this article by Ralph Weller. The Government of Mexico has gun laws similar to what AG Holder desires for Americans limiting number of guns and only small calibers with annual re-registration. In Mexico there is only one legal retailer of weapons. To own a gun you must be a member of a shooting club. You can not transport a weapon in order to be legal you must store all except collectibles at your private shooting club. Is it any wonder that there such a black market demand by otherwise law abiding citizens? The Government won’t protect you, the Police can’t protect you and God help you if you try to protect yourself. This is why crime runs rampant. This is what the destroyers (the current Administration and the Democrat Party) seem to have in mind for the future of our Country.
    Gun Politics in Mexico

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    • greeneshow says:
      April 5, 2009 at 7:42 am

      great reality check TXPOET im thinking if the last 8 years was democrats the percentage would be a lot different but of course it is always the republicans fault

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