"Virtually all," what do you think about that?From 2007 through 2011, Canada submitted 6,574 guns to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for tracing — a fraction of the 99,000 guns Mexico asked ATF to trace.Virtually all of the guns recovered in Canada were traced to U.S. sources, with just over half linked to a retail purchase in the U.S. By contrast, ATF data showed just over two-thirds of guns from Mexico were traced to U.S. sources — a U.S. manufacturer or importer — and just under one-third were linked to a U.S. retail purchase.
Monday, May 21, 2012
US Guns Flowing into Canada
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Mikeb, you do realize that Mexico only submitted guns that could be traced, right? AK-47s from third world countries don't come with a paper trail.
ReplyDeleteBut do look at Canada. What have I been telling you for a long time? If guns are banned, there will be a black market to import and sell them. Thanks for confirming that statement.
ATF data showed just over two-thirds of guns from Mexico and submitted for trace were traced to U.S. sources
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ATF data showed just over two-thirds of guns from Mexico were traced to U.S. sources — a U.S. manufacturer or importer — and just under one-third were linked to a U.S. retail purchase.
68,000*.33= 22,440 firearms linked to a retail purchase over 5 years or about 4,488 firearms per year. I guess the other 77,560 came from what? Direct commercial sales to MX? Government to government sales? Direct commercial sales to a country other than MX that lost the weapons?
This is not a drug or gun problem, it's an unsecured border problem. If the border would get sealed up, then maybe there wouldn't be so many guns going south and so many drugs coming north.
It's also a problem of a fundamentally corrupt government in Mexico, as you implied.
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