The politics behind Gun Control and the Mexican 90% lie
An amazing combination rant/multi-source fisking from Kevin at
The Smallest Minority:
Do it Again, Only HARDER!
Well, FOX News has had the temerity to expose the "Mexican Canard" for what it is - a lie.
This, of course, makes no difference to The Other Side:Tom Diaz, senior policy analyst at the Violence Policy Center, called the "90 percent" issue a red herring and said that it should not detract from the effort to stop gun trafficking into Mexico.
"Let's do what we can with what we know," he said. "We know that one hell of a lot of firearms come from the United States because our gun market is wide open."
I don't know how I missed this before, but the UK's Guardian newspaper printed a piece last August that I wish I'd seen then. No matter, now's as good a time as any:
What follows is a must-read -- a reality check if you will for those who think that firearm crimes can be made to go away with the simple expedient of outlawing firearms.
Fools.
Posted by DaveH at April 3, 2009 9:02 PM