@H2O MAN,
The funny thing about the article is that if we look at what was said by those vs what the author's say we end up with some weird statistics.
Feinstein stated that...
Quote:It is unacceptable to have 90 percent of the guns that are picked up in Mexico and used to shoot judges, police officers and mayors ... come from the United States
If that statement is being used then the authors are claiming that 100% of the crime in Mexico where a gun is found is after the shooting of judges, police officers and mayors.
The authors have produced a statement that is more ridiculous than what Feinstein said.
Clinton appears to have never said anything about "90% of guns."
Quote:"The guns that are sold in the United States, which are illegal in Mexico, get smuggled and shipped across our border and arm these terrible drug-dealing criminals so that they can outgun these poor police officers along the border and elsewhere in Mexico," she said.
"So we've got to help out here. We can't stand by and say, Well, you know, you guys just do the best you can, when we, unfortunately, are the market for drugs, when a lot of the money is laundered in the United States back into the hands of the drug kingpins, and when the weapons have come from our country. So I think recognizing the co-responsibility is just stating the obvious," Clinton said.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93096
The authors statements actually support Clinton's statement since we do know that some of the guns come from the US.
The statement by Hoover, is even more revealing of the author's bias.
Since Hoover's statement includes guns that don't make it into Mexico, it is unlikely that such guns could have committed a crime in Mexico. Hoover never said that US guns made up 90% of crimes in Mexico. He never said it was a fact or that 90% of the guns have been traced. Hoover is guilty of interpolating the 90% figure beyond the guns traced but it doesn't make his statement false. It is unknown whether it might be true or not.
The claim by the authors that "it means 83 percent of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico could not be traced to the U.S." is as specious as claiming 90% of the guns that committed crimes came from the US. The only thing we know about the guns is no attempt was made to trace them to the US. It does not mean as Hoover implies that 90% of them probably came from the U.S. nor does it mean as the author's state that they could not be traced. It only means they were not submitted so there origin with respect to the US is unknown.
