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Originally Posted by HumanePain
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He said millions of people are murdered every day in america, and is just as bad in warzones in the world. In reality: There were over 15,000 murders last year according to the FBI.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_12.html
For the 31,000 deaths from firearms in 2005, 55% were suicide, 40% were homicide, 3% were accidents and 2% were legal killings.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/30/guns.suicides.ap/
He's exaggerating the crime rate to incite fear that someone is going to shoot you, so you better have a gun.