Factcheck: 'Millions' shot by assault weapons?

[priell3]

Rep. Charlie Rangel falsely claimed there are “millions of kids dying, being shot down by assault weapons.” In fact, fewer than 100,000 persons younger than 20 years old died of gun violence, including suicide, over a 30-year period through 2010, government data show. About two-thirds of those deaths — or nearly 65,000 — were homicides.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/po...pons_Not_.html

[Shisno]

Another anti gun nut spouting off blatant lies as fact.

So what's new?

[sinkrun]

WTF how can we stop the Lying A Holes from spreading these lies? Makes me sick!

[Delkal]

Looking at the FBI stats there were more murders with hands or blunt instruments than with rifles of all types........

[ATBackpackin]

WTF how can we stop the Lying A Holes from spreading these lies? Makes me sick!

It's difficult. The people they are trying to reach with these "facts" are generally to lazy to fact check anything. You would think that being gullible has become a virtue.

[Emptymag]

He should be raped by a woman for such bullshit.

[dkf]

Well Rangel is that old he predates Christ so..... So maybe a few thousand years ago assault rocks and assault sticks (aka assault weapons) killed millions of kids.

[DennisH82]

I would love to get ahold of whatever he is smoking because it really makes you lose contact with reality.

[streaker69]

What do you expect? With 172,000,000 people out of work because of the sequester, of course crime is going to rise.

[Thomas Paine]

What do you expect? With 172,000,000 people out of work because of the sequester, of course crime is going to rise.

and not to mention those poor Canadians.