Yesterday Fox did a thorough debunking of the claim, made by Hillary Clinton and others, that “90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States.” It isn’t true (though even if it were it would hardly be a compelling reason to infringe the rights of law abiding Americans). Instead, 90 percent of the guns that are traced are from the United States — and it’s pretty clear that the Mexican authorities are carefully selecting the guns that they do trace in order to support their preferred blame-America-first narrative. The impression Clinton and Holder leave with the public is that they are chomping at the bit to impose new, stricter gun control laws. First they tried using the Mexican drug wars as an excuse. Next time maybe it will be a school shooting or some other crime that actually affects citizens of the United States. The upshot is that U.S. gun sales are through the roof. See the graph the National Shooting Sports Foundation put out today, showing the year over year increase in background checks. More than that, the Obama administration may soon open up a new market for firearms right here in the District of Columbia if Congress ever manages to move on legislation to give the District a vote in Congress. The Washington Post recently reported that Attorney General Eric Holder suppressed a finding by the Justice Department that such legislation would be unconstitutional, and Congress has attached an amendment repealing the District’s burdensome gun control laws in order to garner support for the measure. Without throwing away billions of dollars, the Obama administration can claim credit for stimulating the global firearms industry.
