I would like you to note that this story was aired on April 2, 2009 yet President Obama continues to propagate the lie. Check out this link, again by Fox News
Obama Repeats '90 Percent' Stat for U.S. Guns Recovered in Mexico - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com
According to Fox News the actual number of guns that could be attributed as coming from the US into Mexico in 2007 and 2008 is 5,114 and that's out of the 29,000 guns seized. That's only 17.6 percent! I think even a first grader could tell you that 5000 in two years is NOT equal to 2,000 guns a day as Secretary of State Hilary Clinton states.
I guess Obama and others like him, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and US Senator Dianne Feinstein, figure that if they say it loud enough and often enough the American public will believe it and allow the 2nd Amendment to fade quietly into the night. Luckily, at least in this case, there are many who are questioning these statements, and for once it's not just the NRA. Just Google "90 percent guns Mexico" and you will see how many are standing up against this.
A huge problem with the media is that they are so eager to rush ahead with any information they get as soon as they get it in an effort to scoop the other guy that they often report erroneous information and rumors. Unfortunately the public in general trusts that the media has done their homework, and we believe the first reports we hear, which are also picked up by the other news agencies as soon as they are reported, and further disseminated until within one or two days everyone believes those first reports. More often than not if the truth comes out at all, it comes out later, with barely a whisper, usually after the event has ceased being 'news worthy'. If the story is cold enough the truth may never see the light of day. Take the Colombine School shooting 10 years ago. Up until this very day I like many other people believed that the two kids responsible were members of the 'Trench Coat Mafia' and were the victims of bullies. It turns out that this is not the case. This is just one example of disinformation that was rushed to print or broadcast in the heat of the moment, however when the dust settled and truth was discovered either it was under reported or the previous reports were already so entrenched into the public's minds that the truth just didn't sink in. Check out this article, Debunking the myths of Columbine, 10 years later.
Read Columbine, by Dave Cullen
