Not to mention-- 1. I've seen a figure that refers to "of guns that could be traced." Of course that would include mostly guns from the US and exclude those coming from elsewhere.
2. Question how well Mexico vets what lists it does provided. Might not do to have too many of the guns trace from a US mfr to the Mexican army. -----Original Message----- >From: Guy Smith <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 28, 2009 10:17 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: what is the source of firearms used by Mexican drug cartels? > >Joe wrote: > >> All the grabbers (even Obama, last night) refer to a phoney statistic >> generated from gun traces. > >I have a FOIA request into the BATFE for the "90%" data that is routinely >cited. I'll pass it along if/when it is delivered. > >> Just as the Tiahrt Amemdment was necassary to stop the phoney US "crime >> gun" statistics, guns traced by the BATF for Mexican authorities are _not_ >> a proper sample of guns used by the waring drug cartels. > >I noticed in online descriptions of the "90%" data that it included traces >of firearms recovered in Mexico and interdicted shipments on this side of >the border. That gives one pause. First, what is the ratio of traced guns >in Mexico to interdicted firearms and how are we sure that all the >interdicted guns were heading for Mexico or drug cartels? There is too much >wiggle room in the data. > >> The US agreed to trace guns for Mexican authorites. But Mexican >> authorites often know that a specific gun did not come through the US >> (e.g. machine guns, models never imported in the US, etc). So those guns >> don't get traced. > >Which I think the big issue. What is the ratio of firearms smuggled from >the U.S. into Mexico vs. the number smuggled in from other countries vs. >those that leak out of Mexican governmental agencies? > >Yours in Liberty >Guy Smith >www.GunFacts.info > > >_______________________________________________ >To post, send message to [email protected] >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > >Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. > Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people >can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward >the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
