Playing the Percentages

No specific numbers on how many of those guns "recovered in Mexico and traced back to the United States" were, in fact, military purchases, but the State Department cables indicate a portion of the fewer than 12 percent of the traceable weapons actually came from the United States in gun shop/individual type purchases. Remember, that's not 12 percent of the tens of thousands of weapons recovered - it's only 12 percent of the weapons recovered that were traceable. It's nowhere near the 12 percent figure that has been misquoted and used as evidence of the United State's "horrific" problem of illegal gun sales. [More]

Who is using a paltry "12" to misrepresent things?

Try "80."

Or "90."

Hell, try "95 to 100."

When the antis lie, they lie big.  It's what they do.

What have they got to lose?

They figure most people won't know any better, and the media they're BSing will either be too ignorant to know the difference or else glad to have something that helps advance their own agenda.

[Via W-III]