Talk:Gun politics in Mexico

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Arms? I think weapon is the best translation. juan andrés 04:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US imports

I added the interesting stat that 80% of guns recovered from crimes in Mexico are illegal imports from the US. This was removed as "uncited commentary". Fair enough, I didn't add a citation, but either a "citation needed" or someone else finding the citation would have been preferred to a revert. Anyway, I am re-adding it to the article because the source of the vast majority of criminal weapons is obviously highly important to Gun politics in Mexico. Examples of webcites that carry this statistic include:

http://www.senate.gov/~levin/newsroom/release.cfm?id=251112

http://www.guncontrol.ca/English/Home/Works/CombatingtheIllegal.pdf

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/transcrime/articles/U_S_%20Guns%20Smuggled%20Into%20Mexico%20Aid%20Drug%20War.htm

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=61192

Sad mouse 19:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

The article uses an estimate derived from police tracing of guns recovered during criminal activities, and therefore reflect the percentage of guns used in crime rather than the overall percentage of guns "used". Sad mouse 13:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)