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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Yet another nfl idiot checks in.
No wonder the Saints are having problems. Being coached by an idiot.
How many American lives were saved by guns?
Now we have NFL Coaches telling us how to live.
Keep to Xs and Os Sean. Argumentation requires some level of scholarship, and that isn’t coming out of state universities.
Any conservative that still shows up for NFL games, either at the game or TV, is an addict that needs serious intervention. He is supporting a thing that wants to destroy him.
“As a Saints and Sean Payton Fan, this is a big disappointment.”
So, are you still watching, or have you given up the dope?
Rush spent a lot of time talking about this.
3 out of 4 “gun” deaths are suicides.
1 out of 4 are homicides, mostly young gang bangers killing other young gang bangers.
“Face it. The long march of the left has now consumed the NFL.”
YOU GOT IT! Gramsci was right. They now control just about every institution I can think of. Mainstream media, schools at every level, foundations, government agencies, the military, the courts, corporations, now sports, and soon the churches.
Our remaining beachhead are a few conservative outlets, parts of the internet, and the ability to still vote.
Thing is we can use Gramsci ideas too, just like we can also use Alynsky’s. It’s just a question of enough of us waking up to that realization and using it.
Apparently, you can. When leftists don’t like the truth, they just make it up so they feeeeeeel better.
Example #1: Sean Payton
When you don’t include Chicago, the amount of deaths by gun is more during war... Bloody Chicago.
Yep
More Americans are killed by abortion than by guns or wars. Nearly 4,000 a month!
Sounds like the Ain'ts have done the same to you, so drop 'em like a hot rock. It's not the end of the world.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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