Posted on 10/04/2017 8:17:18 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Ever since the tragic shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night, legions of celebrities who have very little knowledge of guns, criminal psychology, mental disorders, or any helpful information have taken to Twitter or gone on television to offer their “solutions” to the problem of mass shootings in America.
The latest such incident of ill-informed advice, in the sports world, comes from New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton.
On Tuesday, Payton responded to the heinous Las Vegas attack by tweeting claims that, since 1968, more Americans have been killed by guns than have been killed on all battlefields throughout the whole of the American experience.
Note how he followed the claim with the hashtag “common sense.” Ironically, if we look at this death claim comparison via common sense we quickly see it is a a facade.
For example, the number of Americans killed on the Civil War battlefield alone was approximately 620,000 and the number killed in World II was 418,000. From those two wars alone we are already at 1,038,000. Add the approximate 115,000 from WWI, the 35,000 from Korea, and the 58,000 from Vietnam and we are at 1,246,000 without even considering the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq, and others.
And it is important to remember is the the military deaths are combat deaths. If we add in non-combat related military deaths the numbers would surge. Yet the figures Payton tweeted for gun deaths are not limited to gun crime–i.e., gun homicides. Instead, they include firearms-related suicides as well. The source for Payton’s tweet is the New York Times and the NYT’s inclusion of suicides allows them to swell gun death figures by 63 to 66 percent.
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Oh and for the record 262 Million people were killed by their government in the 20th century alone.
AMF NFL
Uh, math is most definitely not a friend of this idiot.
No, seriously. Old timey Saints fans need to break out the brown paper bags from years past. You that know, gotta go..
GIVE HIM HIS VAGINA HAT!
I guess Payton is either stupid or evil (following the Father of Lies). On the other hand, an old mentor of mine said that it is possible to be both at the same time.
As a Saints and Sean Payton Fan, this is a big disappointment.
Face it. The long march of the left has now consumed the NFL.
I always talk with Football players when I want to discuss basic math and physics. /sar
The stupid is strong with this one.
And that's just in cities run by gun-control-freak demonicRATS.
Well, technically if he included all those killed on the battlefield with guns in the total number killed with guns...
Yeah, that he gives him way too much credit.
Anyone know the stats of people saved by guns? That’s something I would like to find out. People saved from home invasions, attempted murder, not that the treasonists in the media would ever publicize it.
Another reason to say F#&K the NFL
Good grief!!! I suppose absolutely NO ONE in the NFL has any idea who their typical fan is. Was. They’ll never, ever get me back. The mask has been ripped off and what’s behind it is ugly and full of hate for what I love. Good riddance.
But not as many playoff hopes that are killed by this guys coaching.
Not exactly a brain trust, this fella.
The number of lives SAVED by guns is far, far, far greater than the number of lives lost.
Good thing Sean Payton wasn't in charge of Operation Overlord. Our poor troops would've had to storm the beaches with water balloons.
A fluke recovery of an onside kick has kept this clown employed. Had Indy recovered and gone on to stomp the Saints, Peyton would be relegated to the trivia encyclopedia.
There are 750,000 to 1,000,000 babies killed by abortion every year in America and we deem that legal.
This.
It does not deserve support in any form.
Mr. niteowl77
And now Foolsball coaches are ‘smart’? LOLOLOL FUNFL
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