The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.

[SUBMAN1]

Oh really? More smoke blown up our you know what by Hillary:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elec...umber-claimed/

-S

[Enigma]

Did you even read the article or just the headline?

[Platapus]

The misuse of statistics is not uncommon.

A good read on the subject is How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff

Moral: If you don't know the basis (the full basis) for a statistic don't believe it.

As my instructor in stats used to tell us: 83.72% of all statistics are inflated and give a false sense of accuracy.

[August]

Looks to me like Subman got the gist of the article...

The fact is, only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced to the U.S.What's true, an ATF spokeswoman told FOXNews.com, in a clarification of the statistic used by her own agency's assistant director, "is that over 90 percent of the traced firearms originate from the U.S."
But a large percentage of the guns recovered in Mexico do not get sent back to the U.S. for tracing, because it is obvious from their markings that they do not come from the U.S.
"Not every weapon seized in Mexico has a serial number on it that would make it traceable, and the U.S. effort to trace weapons really only extends to weapons that have been in the U.S. market," Matt Allen, special agent of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told FOX News.

[UnderseaLcpl]

As Platapus stated, a misuse of statistics is not uncommon. People are too often blinded by preconcieved notions. They see what they want to see, as the saying goes.

[SUBMAN1]

Then why is Hillary on this bandwagon against US citizens then? Oh! I just remembered - during the Clinton years the Assault weapons ban. I'm guessing she is on her bandwagon to disarm us again.

-S