Fox News Busts Myth on Guns to Mexico

You know, there are times, when I tend to dislike Fox News because of their Anti-Union Bias, and I’ve been known to tell them what I thought about it too. This is not on of those times. For once, Fox News has done something to put them in my good graces. (Mark your calendars this does NOT happen often!)

You’ve heard this shocking “fact” before — on TV and radio, in newspapers, on the Internet and from the highest politicians in the land: 90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States.

– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it to reporters on a flight to Mexico City.

– CBS newsman Bob Schieffer referred to it while interviewing President Obama.

– California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said at a Senate hearing: “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.”

– William Hoover, assistant director for field operations at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testified in the House of Representatives that “there is more than enough evidence to indicate that over 90 percent of the firearms that have either been recovered in, or interdicted in transport to Mexico, originated from various sources within the United States.”

There’s just one problem with the 90 percent “statistic” and it’s a big one:

It’s just not true.

In fact, it’s not even close. By all accounts, it’s probably around 17 percent.

via The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S. — FOXNews.com.

I knew something stunk to the high heavens on that story that was being told. Good on Fox News for reporting the truth on this story.

Others: Michelle Malkin, Newshoggers.com and Riehl World View