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Mike Bloomberg Claims ‘100 Americans’ Killed by Guns Every Day
Breitbart.com ^ | 2/23/2020 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 02/24/2020 9:15:59 AM PST by rktman

Democrat presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg claimed on Sunday that “100 Americans” are “killed by guns” every day.

Bloomberg made the claim in a tweet, writing, “100 Americans were killed by guns yesterday. And the day before that. And the day before that.”

Bloomberg’s claim swells gun violence deaths by 66 percent by lumping together suicides and homicides, then reporting in a way that leads readers to think it is all gun violence. Although inaccurate, Bloomberg’s claim is in line with what numerous Democrats running for president have said, including Hillary Clinton in 2016.

On April 11, 2016, Breitbart News reported that Clinton swelled gun violence deaths by 66 percent by reporting them in a manner similar to Bloomberg.

Former Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris framed gun violence almost exactly as Bloomberg did:

The claim of 100 deaths “by guns” every day translates into 36,500 Americans “killed by guns” each year. Presenting gun deaths in this way allows suicides and homicides to be lumped together, then all of it reported under the heading of gun violence. In reality, roughly 66 percent of firearm-related deaths are suicides, and a large chunk of the remaining 33 percent–actual homicides–is occurring in Democrat-controlled cities.

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Rounding error. Sheesh. More folks die from drinking 16 oz sowdee pops that that. So, $400+ million wasted so far. Will he hit a billion?
1 posted on 02/24/2020 9:15:59 AM PST by rktman
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or in car accidents...


2 posted on 02/24/2020 9:17:30 AM PST by Nuke From Orbit
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“Democrat presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg claimed on Sunday that “100 Americans” are “killed by guns” every day.”

That’s a busy-weekend in Chicago or B-more.


3 posted on 02/24/2020 9:17:56 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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To: rktman

Would that be the good guy or the bad guy?


4 posted on 02/24/2020 9:19:18 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Nuke From Orbit

1,515 Americans died in 2018, by knife or cutting instrument. I don’t see anyone worried by that number.


6 posted on 02/24/2020 9:20:50 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Nuke From Orbit

or in car accidents...


My first thought as well.


7 posted on 02/24/2020 9:21:33 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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“...“100 Americans” are “killed by guns” every day....”

And several thousand lives are SAVED every day by armed citizens and other Good Guys with guns.

Fascist Mini-Mike has armed bodyguards, because hey, HIS life is more important, but wants to deny YOU the ability to protect yourself.

Newsflash Mike: My life is more important to ME than YOUR life. And I will exercise my Right to keep and carry whenever, wherever, and however I choose.

It’s NOT negotiable.


8 posted on 02/24/2020 9:21:54 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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2,300 Americans die from heart disease daily so let’s outlaw butter


9 posted on 02/24/2020 9:22:07 AM PST by Manic_Episode (Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: Nuke From Orbit

Vehicle Deaths in the US

2018 36,560

100 per day...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year


10 posted on 02/24/2020 9:22:10 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The DNC has a taxidermist on speed dial for Nancy, Hillary, and Ruth.)
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Maybe he is counting thugs from Southside Chicago + the illegal alien gangbangers, etc.


11 posted on 02/24/2020 9:22:41 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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A sugar bloated guy? Of course these “know it alls” are “TFS” to realize that if someone can only buy an 8 oz at a time they might buy 2 of them. Just like they’re “TFS” to understand that the opposite of the alleged glowbull warming is freezing your butt off. SMDH at how stoopid they are. And plenty of buyers for the snake oil.


12 posted on 02/24/2020 9:23:06 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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never taken into account those saved by guns. 6849 times a day that is reported a gun used to protect life and limb. How many times that isn’t reported is likely much higher


13 posted on 02/24/2020 9:23:25 AM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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About 170 Americans die from drug overdoses/ day. Don’t see them wanting our southerner border controlled.


14 posted on 02/24/2020 9:26:33 AM PST by lizma2
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"...2,300 Americans die from heart disease daily so let’s outlaw butter..."

Geez! Let's not give them any ideas!

15 posted on 02/24/2020 9:27:02 AM PST by rlmorel (Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
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To: Nuke From Orbit

Or killed by drunk driving illegal aliens.


16 posted on 02/24/2020 9:29:03 AM PST by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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Killed by guns....I thought they were killed by criminals.


17 posted on 02/24/2020 9:29:58 AM PST by 4yearlurker ("Professing themselves to be wise,they became fools.."Rom. I : 25)
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To: pepsionice

250,000 die each year from medical errors, according to at least one study. We don’t hear much about that number, either, even though it is the third-leading cause of death in America after cancer and heart disease.


18 posted on 02/24/2020 9:31:24 AM PST by The Pack Knight
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too bad it doesn’t include ......?


19 posted on 02/24/2020 9:31:35 AM PST by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE).)
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Funny.
I have had guns for years and they haven’t killed anyone.
Maybe they are undermotivated lazy guns?


20 posted on 02/24/2020 9:31:53 AM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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