The total number gun owners in the National Survey on Private Ownership and use of Firearms NSPOF was 2,568 and questions were asked about issues types of firearms and reasons for owning.
The NSPOF sample of persons who acquired guns in 1993-1994 was 251 persons (about one out of 10). A statistically significant poll sample should be at least 600, preferably 1,000 or more. 251 would give a rough idea about gun acquisitions and suggest a need for a larger study. Which hasn't happened, has it, because it would undermine the rhetoric promoting gun control.
90% of guns seized from Mexican crime scenes
As Department of Homeland Security DHS and the private Strategic Forecasting StratFor pointed out independently:
Mexican authorities had seized 30,000 guns in drug-related cases 2004-2008.
ATF asked them to submit guns that appeared to be US origin (made in or imported into the USA according to receiver markings) since ATF only has records of US manufacture or imports or guns reported to ATF in law enforcement cases.
7,200 appeared to be US origin.
ATF records were found on 4,000 of those 7,200 guns.
3,480 or 87% of the traceable guns were in ATF records as sold in the USA.
3,480 was 12% of the 30,000 drug crime guns.
There are US made guns seized in Mexico, such as M2 Carbines, not sold in US gun shops. Mexican authorities say the M2s were military surplus smuggled into Mexico from VietNam.
But the claim that 90% of the total were bought at gunshops in the US was a lie.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Obama's buddy in Rose Garden events and a Joint Session of Congress promoting the 90% claim, was replaced in the last Mexican election. Haven't heard about the new Mexican President, have we?