Posted on 10/03/2017 9:02:39 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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.
Payton tweeted:
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Crazy statistic!! It's time. #CommonSense pic.twitter.com/ve9CJNJx5D
— Sean Payton (@SeanPayton) October 3, 2017
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.
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The No Fans League continues to dig and dig their way out of American life don’t they?
Maybe. But, we all know he was trying to make the point that more people are murdered with guns.
Just tweeted Payton - “Coach or political activist? I used to respect coaches but have sworn off NFL due to ignorant proclivities to turn it into antifa”
Another misleading statistic for WWII would be Soviet dead; many in the West fought against Stalin after the German invasion (after he killed 30 million with starvation in the 1930s), so they can’t all be chalked up to Axis aggression.
We’re getting daily confirmation from NFL libtards that our boycott was the right move.
It feels good.
Just shut up and coach.
Certainly possible. Maybe just more indoctrinated, university grad admin’s divorcing another business from half of America in their PC SJW quest.
Nearly 75 percent of all deaths in the United States are attributed to just 10 causes, with the top three of these accounting for over 50 percent of all deaths. Over the last 5 years, the main causes of death in the U.S. have remained fairly consistent. By the way, death by gun is not on the list.
Odd questions. The chart uses the heading “Accidental Deaths Rates”. Does the chart include non Accidental death rates (i.e. murders)? What does rate mean (deaths per year, per 10 years, per day).
Huffy much?
This twerp should stick to football and leading his gang of thugs. Nobody is interested in his firearms opinion.
He is really just showing his lack of intelligence, like most of the people that post these statistics. Yes, it includes suicides, defensive use and accidental gun deaths, but more importantly, it implies that all homicides related to guns would not have taken place.
The majority of those homicides would still have taken place, just by other means. Probably in the neighborhood of 80 - 90%.
Planned Parenthood killed *60 times* more Americans yesterday than died in Las Vegas Sunday night.
Yet another liberal anti-american NFL a-hole, and an ignorant one at that.
Keep running your gums dope, please do.
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Chicago does not enforce the laws they have. So stop blaming law abiding citizens for the actions of an evil few.
The only way you get big numbers for "gun violence" is to include suicides.
Doctors kill way more people than any other human caused factor.
Payton is a total scumbag!
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