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dc_dux · 01-24-2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by KirStang

Also, the 95% figure has been widely repudiated--that the 95% comes from 95% of *TRACEABLE* guns, whereas Mexico seizes about 30,000 guns a year.

So, 95% of the 10,000 or so traceable guns out of 30,000 or so guns recovered a year equals more like 33%. I have no problem with valid data--but I do hate it when people dick around with number games--as they did here for the 95% figure.

10,347 guns from U.S. sources for those two years (07 and 08) is still a hell of alot of guns going to Mexican drug cartels...mostly through "straw buyers" at gun shows (primarily in Texas).