Gun control group: 4,500 shot to death while Congress was out

thehill.com ^ | Sep. 6, 2016 | Tim Devaney

[PROCON]

Thousands of Americans were shot to death while Congress was on its summer break, according to gun control activists.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence reported Tuesday that 4,500 people have been shot and killed since lawmakers left Washington in mid-July.

Lawmakers will be greeted by protests from gun control advocates Tuesday when they return to Capitol Hill. "Congress is in for a rude awakening today if they thought seven weeks of vacation would wipe the slate clean,” said Brady President Dan Gross. "While Congress enjoyed nearly two months of sun and fun, the American people paid the ultimate price for Congress' inaction, with 4,500 shot and killed during August recess alone. Now that they're finally back at work, gun violence must be a priority for Congress.”

[PROCON]

Riiiiiight..

[ClearCase_guy]

... and that was just in Chicago!

[SolidRedState]

They expect to be taken seriously with these types of outright lies.

[Da Coyote]

Truly frightening. So, let’s look deeper to find a solution.

List race of perps.

Yes.

Race.

Then we can talk.

[Vaquero]

So put the criminals behind bars!! Better yet execute those who murder. We can clean this up fast.

[HarleyLady27]

Between Chicago, Maryland and Ferguson, yep I bet that's how many there were....also did you add the ones that Clinton has gotten rid of lately???

[PROCON]

There is 42% of the country who believe this crap; you know, the low-info folks aka dem voters.

[Hardastarboard]

Would it better if they had all been pushed out of windows?

How many abortions took place while Congress was out?

[Perseverando]

No! Let’s just identify political party affiliation/preference. It’s democrats committing violent crimes, not republicans.

[GoldenPup]

If they’re not bitching about how many got shot...they’re bitching about population control. No satisfying the pink panty crowd. YAWN.

[Blue Jays]

As if the Handgun Control, Inc. / Brady Campaign gives a rat's patootie.
All of those so-called victims will continue to vote for several more decades.

[shanover]

The anti-2A zealot Bloomturd has manipulated most statistics to suit his anti-American agenda. These stats are for the half lit libtard bulbs. I do agree that for these stats to be close to correct, it has to be surmised that most are black on black or black perps. 13 dead alone in Chicago over the weekend. Amish lives matter!

[CaptainAmiigaf]

There is another and MORE important list to be looked at.
What was the number/percentage of gun related killings which were committed by LEGALLY LICENSED GUN OWNERS?
That is the statistic the gun-grabbers don’t want in the discussion.
How many want automobiles banned due to the carnage caused by drunken,texting,speeding and unlicensed drivers? Cars kill more people than gun, year after year.
BAN THE AUTO....BRING BACK HORSES. (real sarc)

[RC one]

Now that they're finally back at work, gun violence must be a priority for Congress.”

State and local law enforcement agencies have every tool that they need to deal with this problem. all that is lacking is the will to address it.

The top U.S. cities for murder per capita in 2014: Detroit (45), New Orleans (41), Newark, NJ (40), St. Louis (38), Baltimore (37), Birmingham, AL (30), Cincinnati (24), and Oakland, CA (22) 13 charts that put America's gun violence in perespective.

[ataDude]

Those damned guns crawled out of the safe on their own and did this. No humans were involved. /s

[Blood of Tyrants]

And outlawing some guns while making it harder for law abiding citizens to purchase them will stop criminals from getting and using guns. /sarc

[RC one]

Their questionable number likely includes suicides which have risen dramatically since Obama took office... for some reason. These SOBs love to conflate suicide data with homicide data to support their case but they never want to tell anyone that they’re conflating the data... for some reason.

[Fido969]

And almost all in areas with high “gun control.”

[rktman]

I thought it was closer to 45,000. I mean if you're gonna make up crap...... Besides, your chances of being shot are < 0.0008%. Sounds like a crisis to me. I really don't like these assclowns. 😡

[PROCON]

This '4500' gun death figure is based on their other BS 'fact' of 90 gun deaths a day across the fruited plains.

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