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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

I looked up your source and I do find it questionable being as it is an anti-gun lobby.

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs is an anti-gun lobby?

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1975. In its own words, it was established to "promote the common interests of the [Western] hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America."

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council...pheric_Affairs

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

But in any case, look at what it says: According to them a full 80% of guns confiscated in Mexico in 2010 were from the USA. That has got to be a mistake. Possibly 80% of the guns turned over to US law enforcement for tracing turns out to be American made. How often does one make that mistake before it is no longer a mistake but rather intentional misreputation?

Why must it be a mistake?

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

Your article in the background section suggests that in 2007 two thousand weapons were smuggled into Mexico and in 2009 that number was up to five thousand firearms. In the same section it claims that the Mexican authorities confiscated 9 632 weapons in 2007 and 32 332 in 2009. That means that in 2007 a little under 21% were American weapons and in 2009 a little over 15% were from our of the States.

I think that you've confused the numbers a little bit. A gun confiscated in 2007 wasn't necessarily smuggled into Mexico in 2007. It may have been smuggled into Mexico years earlier.

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

I don't have any stats for the number of weapons the US has seized that turn out to be from out of country. Both the Obama administration and the Mexican government are not too interested in that.

I wonder why that is?

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

I could find Stats on the number on illegal aliens that commit murder in the United States.

Yes, please do.

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

If approx. 80 to 85% of weapons used by the drug cartels originate outside of the United States than it would be reasonable to conclude that 80 to 85% of the weapons they bring the drugs in with are from outside of the States.

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here.

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

Getting back to my original point. Securing the border is the first step in any plan to control guns. It needs to be done long before you ask anything of your own citizens.

Why?