Mexico's gun supply and the 90 percent myth

KillShot

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[font="Arial][size="2"][font="Arial][size="2"]According to the Mexican government, the cartel wars are not a result of corruption in Mexico or of economic and societal dynamics that leave many Mexicans marginalized and desperate to find a way to make a living. Instead, the cartel wars are due to the insatiable American appetite for narcotics and the endless stream of guns that flows from the United States into Mexico and that results in Mexican violence. Interestingly, the part of this argument pertaining to guns has been adopted by many politicians and government officials in the United States in recent years. It has now become quite common to hear U.S. officials confidently assert that 90 percent of the weapons used by the Mexican drug cartels come from the United States. However, a close examination of the dynamics of the cartel wars in Mexico â€" and of how the oft-echoed 90 percent number was reached â€" clearly demonstrates that the number is more political rhetoric than empirical fact.[/size][/font]
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I believe that Mexico's insatiable appetite for violence is fueling the demand for illegal black market guns. If they didn't enjoy killing each other so much, there wouldn't be a need for them to obtain black market guns illegally. Instead, they could legally obtain guns through the system their country has set up. An overwhelming percentage of the guns in the U.S are legally owned and used lawfully. Not so in Mexico.

Perhaps the Mexican government should spend a little less time blaming others for their problems and spend a little time examining what they’ve wrought on themselves.
 
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