Guns & Drugs Article by Government Executive

[jedi]

Sadly the author gets his facts on the numbers wrong as says 90% of all guns in Mexico come from the US.

U.S. officials estimate that more than 90 percent of the cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines that enter the United States are funneled through Mexico across the Southwest border.
A less frequently cited figure is equally alarming to anyone living south of the border: Ninety percent of the weapons seized from the drug cartels by Mexican authorities are traced to the United States. While the cartels are moving drugs north, arms traffickers are moving guns south. It's a symbiotic relationship that threatens security in both countries.
U.S. officials estimate that more than 90 percent of the cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines that enter the United States are funneled through Mexico across the Southwest border.
A less frequently cited figure is equally alarming to anyone living south of the border: Ninety percent of the weapons seized from the drug cartels by Mexican authorities are traced to the United States. While the cartels are moving drugs north, arms traffickers are moving guns south. It's a symbiotic relationship that threatens security in both countries.

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:FEATURES: :Guns & Drugs (12/1/09) -- GovExec.com

 

[WileECoyotee]

I read that to say " Ninety percent of the weapons seized " were from America

Not that 90% of all weapons in Mexico are from America , there is a difference .

 

[jedi]

From a post in the comments of the article...

A "fuzzy math" article written about another "fuzzy math" GAO report. 90% of all the weapons seized in Mexico DO NOT originate in the US. 90% of the weapons "submitted to the ATF for analysis" are found to originate in the US and the number of weapons submitted is only about 16% of all weapons seized. So to say that 90% of all weapons seized in Mexico originate in the US is untrue and very misleading. Misleading reports like this one can only serve on purpose. To bolster arguements for more gun control in the US which if anyone Googles the GAO report will see that is exactly the case.

 

[WileECoyotee]

From a post in the comments of the article...

Yep twisted math to show what they want , and it happens evryday .