"Obama Pushes Anti-gun Treaty `` In actuality , according to ATF special agent William Newell , about 17 percent of guns associated with crime in Mexico came from the United States. `` I ca n't find a quote from Special Agent Newell saying any such thing . Mr. Newman 's figure of 17 % coming from the US is also erroneous . The 17 % can only be attached to those weapons for which there was a successful trace back to the US from the group of 11,000 submitted by Mexican authorities . The percentage of the total confiscated that actually came from the US is not known since some submitted for trace could n't be traced while the majority confiscated were not even requested to be traced , for whatever reason ."
"Its the reading comprehension thing kicking in . ... [ according to ATF special agent William Newell , about 17 percent of guns associated with crime in Mexico came from the United States . ... 5th paragraph"
"The percentage of the total confiscated that actually came from the US is not known since some submitted for trace could n't be traced while the majority confiscated were not even requested to be traced , for whatever reason ."
"Its the reading comprehension thing kicking in"