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The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), has voiced its opposition to the recent Mexican gun lawsuit filed in U.S. Federal Court. It claims that firearms purchased at retail in the United States are the catalyst for the seemingly endless rise in Mexican drug violence. The NSSF retorted, stating that “allegations of wholesale cross border gun trafficking are patently false.”
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“These allegations are completely baseless. Lawrence G. Keane (NSSF Senior Vice President, General Counsel) stated that the Mexican government is responsible in large for rampant corruption and crime within their borders. Mexico’s criminal activity is directly related to the illegal drug trade, human trafficking, and organized crime cartels that afflict Mexico’s citizens. These cartels criminally misuse firearms illegally imported to Mexico or stolen from the Mexican military or law enforcement. Mexican authorities should not seek to make Americans guilty of breaking the law. They must instead focus their efforts to bring the cartels to trial. The Mexican government, which receives substantial aid from the U.S. taxpayers is solely responsible to enforce its laws, including strict gun control laws, within their borders.
Keane said that the laws governing lawful commerce in firearms in the United States are decided by the American people through elected officials. “This lawsuit by an American gun control organization representing Mexico is an affront against U.S. sovereignty, and a threat the Second Amendment rights for law-abiding Americans of keeping and bearing arms. This is a right denied to Mexican citizens who cannot defend themselves against the cartels.
Data shows that less than 12 percent of guns seized in Mexico by Mexican criminals were sourced from the United States. In 2008, approximately 30,000 firearms were seized by Mexican criminals. According to NSSF, data on just 7,200 firearms, or 24 percent, were transferred to the ATF for tracing.
Cherry-Picked Data
Based on serial numbers, the 7,200 guns submitted were the only guns that could have been imported from the U.S. The ATF managed to trace around 4,000 firearms (13 percent). The final tally of 3,480 guns from the U.S. was 12-percent. The numbers don’t represent the mythical “90-percent” that is often attributed to the U.S. The selections are based on known factors about where the guns came from.
Even more flaws are found in the data, with the 12-percent figure. According to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Mexico Institute, some serial numbers were traced up to five times by the ATF. The NSSF reported that even the ATF admitted that more than 20% of the firearms were duplicates. This data, which is riddled with errors, was the main reason Mexico filed a ridiculous lawsuit against U.S. firearm makers. Lastly, some firearms had purchase histories that dated back as far as 14 years. It sounds like a slow trickle, but not a flood. Now you know.
We all know that the U.S. government sells directly to Mexico. Meanwhile, Mexican soldiers are working for drug cartels and switch sides. They also carry their American-made service weapons. In recent years, we’re talking about up to 150,000 such defections. This is a lot of Eugene Stoner goodness from America that is headed to the hands the enemy.
Despite this, the NSSF reported U.S. State Department cables claiming that most cartel weapons originate from Central American arsenals. Amnesty International claims that even China is actively arming Latin American countries. It seems like a lot of foreign governments, including ours, provide most of those arms that fuel the violence in the Mexican drug cartels.
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