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Reality Check: Fact-Checking Piers Morgan's Anti-Gun Claims (video)
RealClearPolitics ^ | January 10, 2013 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 01/10/2013 9:54:46 AM PST by i88schwartz

Last week, RealClearPolitics posted video of WXIX-TV's Ben Swann, a local reporter in Cincinnati, giving the "politically incorrect truth" about the Second Amendment. In his "Reality Check" segment on the local news, Swann explained the right to bear arms in a historical context.

On Tuesday's broadcast of WXIX-TV's local news, Swann used his segment to fact check the heated debate between gun control activist Piers Morgan and gun rights activist Alex Jones.

There is one particular stat that Morgan has been citing for weeks, and it was the center of his argument while debating radio show host Alex Jones on Monday night, according to Swann. Morgan continues to claim that gun deaths have dropped dramatically since they banned guns nearly 15 years ago.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alexjones; banglist; barackobama; guncontrol; piersmorgan; secondamendment

1 posted on 01/10/2013 9:54:52 AM PST by i88schwartz
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To: i88schwartz

Go after his sponsors. Call, write, etc. It works for the left.


2 posted on 01/10/2013 9:58:03 AM PST by Captain PJ (Are we there yet?)
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To: i88schwartz

I wonder why he does not cite Brazil which has very strict gun laws but somehow has 34,000 gun deaths per year? I guess it doesn’t fit the narrative.


3 posted on 01/10/2013 10:42:04 AM PST by marstegreg
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To: i88schwartz
Here's a link to another guy who does a great job comparing similar stats in a level headed manner.
4 posted on 01/10/2013 10:45:44 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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