Washington Post Gives Nancy Pelosi Four Pinocchios for False Gun Stats

Breitbart ^ | 12/20/19 | AWR Hawkins

[Impala64ssa]

The Washington Post gave House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) four Pinocchios for sharing false gun statistics over and over again. According to the Post, Pelosi claimed “47 percent” of the people died in gun violence January 1, 2019 to November 20, 2019, were “teenagers or children younger than that.” Her goal was to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) to take action on gun control bills the Democrat-controlled House passed.

When contacted to clarify, Pelosi’s spokesman admitted Pelosi “misspoke,” and said she “intended to…[say] that an average of 47 children and teens (ages 0-19) are shot every day.” The Post points out that Pelosi made the claim of 47 children and teens shot daily during a February speech, then twice in September, once in October, and numerous times in November. Ironically, the figures of 47 children shot every day works out to about 43 percent of daily gun deaths, which comes close to the stat shared when Pelosi’s spokesman said she “misspoke.”

In reality, a five-year study released by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence shows people 19 and younger actually make up about 7.3 percent of those who die in firearm-related deaths each day. The Post gave Pelosi four Pinocchios for her false guns stats.

[Impala64ssa]

An extremely rare moment of intellectual honesty from the WaPo. Gun grabbers will lie cheat and steal to advance their agendas. As if they have their own vested interests in repealing the 2A. Most have serious legal and ethical issues of their own. Pervy Weinstein said he's making it his mission to destroy the NRA. Now, why would someone in his situation make such a statement. The same reason why so many overpaid mannequins from Hollywood love to throw their star power behind the gun grabbers. The rampant sex abuse and child molestation in the sleazy world of show biz has been a poorly kept dirty little secret for over 100 yrs. Potential sex abuse victims capable of shooting back are BAD FOR BUSINESS. Or how about fmr Cong leeland Yee, friend of Shannon Watts, aka Gun Control Barbie. He's in fed prison doing time for GUN RUNNING. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Gun control is a study in hypocrisy of the worst kind.

[justme4now]

Every so-called Gun Law is unconstitutional ... period.

Every One!

2ND AMENDMENT

[oldasrocks]

Correct. Guns never killed anyone by themselves. Until they start placing the blame where it belongs it will never end.
Of course they want to blame guns because they want to outlaw honest citizens from having them.

[GreyFriar]

Holy Glockamole’!

[Big Red Badger]

That’s Funny right there.

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

EVERYTHING about Nazi Pelosi is fake and false.

This is par for the course for her.