A report from Reuters “Calderon urges U.S. to reinstate assault weapons ban,” edited by Cynthia Osterman and posted on May 20 contains both factual errors and careless omissions that misrepresent the challenges of border security and immigration enforcement.

The article quoted Mexican President Felipe Calderon as stating his country had “seized around 75,000 guns and assault weapons in the last three years, Calderon said. He said more than 80 percent of them came from the United States and noted there were more than 7,000 gun shops along the … Continue Reading

In a May 6th LA Times article entitled “Obama budget puts security first at the border”, President Obama perpetuates the myth that the primary source of Mexican gangs’ guns is the United States by saying “This war is being waged with guns purchased not here, but in the United States.” The LA Times themselves fed into the misinformation with their April 18th editorial, “Stemming the flow of guns to Mexico”, in which they repeat the untruth that “about 90% of the…military-style assault weapons captured from (Mexican drug) traffickers” came from the US.

But that 90% number is just … Continue Reading