Bob Owens of the Confederate Yankee blog, points out a, well, um, discrepancy in Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s speech before Congress yesterday:
Calderone’s claim that more than 80% of guns came from the U.S is a bald-faced lie.
The actual figure is less than 18%, and the number of guns purchased from dealers that made their way to Mexico was only eight percent; the majority of guns traced to the United States were stolen.
The bulk of firearms in the hands of the cartels are military weapons purchased on the black market, with a sizable percentage purchased or stolen from the Mexican government itself.
Lying or not, he got a standing ovation from the Democrats in the House chamber.
