After a bit of a lull, the Mexican Gun Canard is back. The LAT parrots the whole machine guns coming from gun shows thing, which is false.

PJTV parrots the Mexican Gun Canard? Anyway, the big issue is the press reporting that machine guns and bazookas are coming from US gun shows. We know that’s not the case since those are banned here. Even ATF says the weapons are coming from Mexico’s southern border.

Lost in the whole Mexican Gun Canard thing is this bit of truth from ridefast: Even if every single gun, knife and throw able rock in Mexico came from a single gun shop in southern California, it does not justify one more gun restricting law in the United States.

JOHN LOTT: ABC’s Shameful ‘20/20′ Experiment It opens with an interesting bit. Lott notes that gun control activists appear desperate. After all, why else would they fabricate a piece such as the 20/20 bit? Or, for that matter, bitterly cling to the Mexican Gun Canard?

Or pantalones mierda histeria Despite being thoroughly debunked, the Mexican Gun Canard continues: Fox News already debunked the claim that 90% of the guns involved in Mexico’s drug war come from the United States. Facts aside, the press onslaught continues in a new push for gun control. The fact is that out of 29,000 firearms […]

More on the Mexican Gun Canard.

A bit back I mentioned Michael Yon’s falling for the Mexican Gun Canard. He continues to parrot that line. If you disagree with him and use facts and reason and stuff, you are a fanatic. UJ tells Yon to stop digging, which is good advice when you’re in a hole.

The NYT dutifully parrots the Mexican gun canard. It’s dogma. Also, our old friend ATF Special Agent Thomas G. Mangan is showing up again. It’s like there is this concerted effort at disinformation. Mangan stuff here and here.

SIH: At a press conference announcing the arrests, Holder also suggested that re-instituting a U.S. ban on the sale of assault weapons would help reduce the bloodshed in Mexico, where last year 6,000 people were killed in drug-related violence. Ah, the Mexican gun canard rears its head once again. I told you it was dogma […]

Or is it ignorance? CNN would have you believe you can walk right into a local gun shop or gun show and buy a bazooka. To ship to Mexico, of course. This Mexican gun canard is now officially dogma. For a reason.

Jay Tea: In most scandals, one can usually grasp just what the motives behind the wrongdoers was. Tom Clancy once quoted the four motives for political defectors as “MICE” — Money, Ideology, Coercion, and Ego. That applies pretty well to political corruption motives, too. But in this case, nothing seems to make any sense. Many, […]

The president of Mexico issued some demands for US gun laws: * Ban on semi-automatic rifles * Gun owner registry * One gun-a-month * Enact Mexican gun laws in the United States Obama blames the US for all Mexico’s problems. Of course, we know the issue is grossly overstated. David Hardy looks at factcheck.org’s analysis: […]

The VPC issues a comprehensive study of how the U.S. civilian firearms market contributes to the ongoing drug-related violence in Mexico. Summing up Google searches, no doubt. Anyway, this one is easy because it comes pre-debunked.

Alberto Gonzales (you remember him?) advocates a Southern Strategy (RACIST!!!) to keep Mexico secure. Blames the nonexistent gun show loophole. The other biased Washington paper says that Hezbollah is using the same routes as Mexican drug gangs. Scary, if true. ATF testified that the case of assault weapons flowing into Mexico was overstated. Now, a […]

BBC: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pledging further effort to help Mexico in its anti-drugs campaign. Mrs Clinton said the use of military-style assault weapons was a particular concern, and she would discuss reimposing a ban on their sale. A previous US decision to lift a ban on such sales had been a […]