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The report you point to has some self selection bias, it is a report only covering guns coming from the US. Mexico only initiated 32k traces in 2021, which len
by mike_d 4y ago
The report you point to has some self selection bias, it is a report only covering guns coming from the US.
Mexico only initiated 32k traces in 2021, which lends further support to my point that the majority of guns are not coming from the US. That number is incredibly small compared to the net new volume of guns cartels get on a yearly basis.
“Most cartels buy in bulk, and the weapons are coming from places like Nicaragua and other South American countries. Also Asia and some from the Middle East,” a Tijuana-based police authority who requested anonymity explained. “And, another factor is the CNC machines making uppers in clandestine shops in Mexico.”
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-guns-black-market-tepito https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-guns-black-market-tepit...
- GaryNumanVevo 4y agoYes, that's why I chose a US source. The report doesn't conclude that "status guns" are the only ones making it across the border.
- mike_d 4y agoI'm not sure you understand the ATF report you're trying to cite. It doesn't say a lot of things because they don't fall under ATFs jurisdiction and they don't have any data on it. My information comes directly from law enforcement sources on the ground.