Posted on 01/26/2023 7:41:22 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
CLAIM: On Wednesday Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said, “We have more people in America that have died in my short lifetime due to gun violence than in every single one of our wars.”
VERDICT: False.
Booker was born in 1969 and claims more people have died via gun violence in the U.S. since that time than have died in all U.S. wars combined.
I’m 53 years old, and I’ve seen more Americans die from domestic gun violence than from all of our wars combined…let that sink in. pic.twitter.com/KI2svCuO0I
— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) January 25, 2023
There are two immediate problems with Booker’s claim. First, it presumes that every firearm-related death is a death due to “gun violence.” In reality, about 66 percent of annual firearm-related deaths in the U.S. are suicides. Breitbart News has pointed this out again and again through the years.
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Well of course. One thing liberals are known for is their humility and quick ad issions when they are wrong. /s
Did they just release Booker from the asylum
“In reality, about 66 percent of annual firearm-related deaths in the U.S. are suicides”
Factual data is such a nuisance isn’t it? SMH
That’s if you include all 57 states.
Man can tame nations but cannot tame his own heart.
Not that I give a whit about Booker, but why would suicide by firearm not qualify as a violent gun death?
Booker’s a RAT. RATs lie. What else is new?
WW1 53000
WWII 410,000
Korea 55,000
Nam 50,000
other wars 10,000
578,000 combat deaths. Much higher if counting non-combat deaths.
My thoughts exactly.
LOL...... good one
What percentage of those deaths occur in dem controlled cities?
6% of the population is the cause of most violent crime. Deal with that instead of honest American gun owners
Also in the running:
AOC, Congressman Al Green and Prince Harry
...or his own mouth.
It does in a narrow sense, but the real context should be: Are you a threat to someone else? If someone decides to shoot himself, he normally isn’t a threat to anyone else.
And if the person committing suicide didn’t have a gun, they would find another way.
So for the argument of whether or not guns are a threat to society, we should not include suicides by gun, at least not when the shooter is the only death involved.
That's right because out of the heart the mouth speaks...(Matt. 12:34).
First, subtract the suicides and the self-defense deaths.
Come on You now the false point Booke is trying to make.
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