Bill Clinton’s over-the-top “fact” on mass shootings
“Half of all mass killings in the United States have occurred since the assault weapons ban expired in 2005, half of all of them in the history of the country.”
— Former president Bill Clinton, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 9, 2013 …
Duwe says that 2012 was certainly a horrific year, but it is too early to tell if it signals an ominous trend. The worst year for public shootings was in 1991, when eight incidents took place, he said. With seven incidents, 2012 ranks second, along with 1999 — when the assault ban was in effect. (Duwe says his research shows that assault weapons are used in a relatively small number of cases, but they do result in far more wounded victims) …
In the highly charged debate over guns, it is important for politicians on both sides to get their facts straight. In this case, the available data show that Clinton was way off base in his assertion, making an exaggerated claim — which his office would not even defend.
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A rapist wants his victim disarmed? Shocking.
Flange on January 12, 2013 at 8:47 AM
If you’re willing to rape, then little sins like lies are nothing.
He has no conscience.
itsnotaboutme on January 12, 2013 at 8:51 AM
rogerb on January 12, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Right, Bill, cause we know your Secret Service Detail protects you with sling shots. Why should you have protection, and not us? What a farging bastage.
john1schn on January 12, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Spoken like a true sociopath.
Fallon on January 12, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Liars will lie.
Joe Mama on January 12, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Father of the year.
SagebrushPuppet on January 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Since when did the leftists care about facts. To them, it’s not about facts or logic. It’s pure emotion.
petefrt on January 12, 2013 at 10:30 AM
Bill and Hillary Clinton should be in prison for crimes against humanity for what they did to their fellow citizens at Waco, TX, on April 19, 1993. The Waco Massacre and church burning (it was not a “compound,” it was their church),was the most brutal, heinous violation of civil, human and Constitutional rights in this nation’s history. Innocent men, women and children were attacked with tanks, poison gas (CS gas turns to cyanide when heated) and burned alive. Those who ran from the church were machine-gunned as documented in the movie “Waco, The Rules of Engagement.” If you doubt how bad this was consider that you never hear the left stream media talk about it. They want it erased from history but this memorial site will remain forever: …. http://www.wizardsofaz.com/waco/waco2.html
And if that weren’t bad enough, Clinton’s thugs then stuck a machine gun in the face of a 5 year old boy and sent him to the communist gulag known as Cuba: http://www.therealcuba.com/elian_gonzalez.htm
Let’s hope Clinton isn’t teaching President Prompter too many of his old tricks!
devan95 on January 12, 2013 at 12:29 PM