Do Mexican Criminals Really Get Guns From U.S., Or Is That Fake News?

By Tom Knighton

I remember President Obama making the claim that the vast majority of firearms found in the possession of Mexican criminals, like the cartels, came originally from the United States. This came to mind in the immediate aftermath of the Fast and Furious scandal when we learned that ATF officials forced gun dealers to sell guns to straw buyers and allowed them to be taken across the border into Mexico.

It wasn’t hard to see why many people wondered if the real aim of that operation was to try and paint a picture of American guns fueling Mexican drug violence.

Regardless, Obama never got any real gun control off the ground, but not for lack of desire.

Yet his claim has persisted all these years later. However, is it right? Maybe, or maybe not.

“A lot of the violence in the U.S. is because of the drugs going in from Mexico, and a lot of the violence in Mexico is because of the guns coming from the U.S.,” one high-ranking former Mexican intelligence official told Fox News, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Many of the cartels in Mexico are being paid by counterparts in the U.S. not only with money but …Read the Rest

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