sociopath [(soh-see-uh-path, soh-shee-uh-path)]

Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others. 

         These are the people who are running our government and country..............right into the ground !   

      The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

– Thomas Jefferson

Let's watch now to see if this correction to a popular liberal myth makes it into the liberal media.

Fox News also pointed out that obviously the military-only weapons found in Mexico are not being purchased at gun shops in the USA, because as we all know, you can't buy them over the counter.

And to the above poster's list of liberal myths, let's add the ridiculous civilian death tolls claimed in Iraq of 500,000+. The debunking of the original bad data published in The Lancet did not get nearly the publicity that the original material did. 

Let's also hope that the other Fox News shows that helped propagate the myth, like BOR and Greta, also note this correcton.

Now that my blood pressure is getting back to normal, let's take a look at the remaining 17%.

My interpretation of the 17% of guns in the full article is that this represents the fraction of weapons that were involved in Mexican crimes and [sent by Mexico to the USA for tracing]+[successfully traced and confirmed of US origin (ie 90%)].

The 17% therefore includes:

• weapons sent by the US government to Mexico for the use of the Mexican military, and subsequently lost due to desertions (120,000 Mexican soldiers have deserted in the last 8 years), or stolen on delivery or later due to corruption or simple crime in Mexico.
• It also includes weapons sold by the US military or other legitimate channels to other South American countries, subsequently stolen or lost in those countries and smuggled into Mexico via the Guatemala route described.
• Weapons stolen by the hundreds of Mexican gangs in the USA and smuggled into Mexico.
• Weapons legally purchased by Mexican citizens/US legal residents intended for their own personal protection, then taken back to Mexico for understandable reasons. (Which is a Mexican border customs issue.) 

So the real question remains, of the 17%, how many were legally and illegally purchased in US retail gun stores?

Now that the obvious truth is out there, verified by common sense, it would appear that The New York Times will simply move on and attack our rights from another angle, but as always, use deception and lies under the umbrella of "Opinion."

Today's editorial, 'Astoundingly Flawed,' takes focus on carrying concealed weapons in national parks & wildlife refuges.

Here's a couple of paragraphs to get you started:

"In December, ignoring proper procedure and the risk to public safety, the Bush administration rushed through regulations allowing people to carry concealed, loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges. Fortunately, a federal judge has blocked this last-minute mischief, giving the Obama administration a fresh chance to do the right thing and withdraw the rule."

Yes, such mischief...........

"States routinely grant concealed carry licenses without proper background checks or training. Indeed, among the evidence Bush officials ignored in their haste to relax national park gun limits was the long list of violent crimes committed by dangerous people with state concealed carry licenses. Contrary to gun lobby claims, the evidence suggests that permitting concealed weapons drives up crime rather than decreasing it."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/opinion/03fri2.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

...but does anyone have a link to different media source that has verified these numbers?

 Unfortunately, people on the other side of the aisle tend to dismiss anything from Fox News as a lie.

It's rather telling that Mexico, with apperently strong gun control laws, are the one's fighting a military battle with their own criminal citizens, yet they try to blame America for that war against their own citizens even though America, with supposedly loose gun control laws, are not facing a similar situation with our citizens, even with the various criminal gangs that we have here (although those gangs do tend to war with each other, but that war rarely leads to an out and out battle with law abiding citizens like you find in Mexico).

Hay, Mexico, perhaps you should LOOSEN your gun laws so that the common citizen can be able to purchase the tools necessary to defend themselves against the criminals who are trying to kill them and you wouldn't need to send in your military to stop the criminals from killing unarmed citizens. Have you every thought about that, or are you just going to continue to blame others for not facing the same situation you're facing today due to your stupid gun laws? Inquiring minds what to know.

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court