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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWTF!? "More Killed by Toddlers Than Terrorists in U.S."
http://blogs.forward.com/jj-goldberg/176043/more-killed-by-toddlers-than-terrorists-in-us/2/11/13: 4-year-old Joshua Johnson shoots, kills self, Shelby County, TN.
4/9/13: 4-year-old shoots, kills 6-year-old friend Brandon Holt, Toms River, NJ.
4/9/13: 3-year-old shoots, kills self, South Carolina (no further details).
4/9/13: Josephine Fanning, 48, shot & killed by her 4-year-old son, Wilson County, TN.
4/30/13: 2-year-old Caroline Sparks killed by her 5-year-old brother with his kid-size first gun, Cumberland County, KY.
And these three non-fatal shootings:
3/13/13: 3-year-old shoots self in head, survives, Manchester, NY.
4/7/13: 2-year-old shoots mother Rekia Kidd, 22, not fatal, Carroll County TN.
4/24/13: 3-year-old shoots 10-month-old sister in car, not fatal, Canyon County ID.
Can someone please debunk this?
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WTF!? "More Killed by Toddlers Than Terrorists in U.S." (Original Post)
whttevrr
Sep 2013
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)1. See how great a job DHS is doing?
arcane1
(38,613 posts)2. There is really nothing to debunk. It's practically a weekly event in the USA.
Sad but true
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)4. This is so fucked up.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)3. What's to debunk?
the post is from MAY, 5 months ago. if the "terror" deaths haven't increased beyond the 3 in the Boston Marathon bombing, then what's your issue? the proportion is probably even more damning now.
chips fall where they may.
rurallib
(62,416 posts)5. yeah? Wait til the terrorist group called tea baggers is done
they will leave a wake of death by shutting down the gummint that won't be matched
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)6. Why the need to debunk it?
3 people were killed in the Boston Marathon attack. More people were killed by "toddlers". The danger from terrorists is greatly exaggerated.
Link Speed
(650 posts)9. Your front steps are a greater threat
Not to mention the risks inherent when you insert key into ignition.
But they don't sell commercials.
But them terrists sure as heck do.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)7. Sometimes the internet can lead you to weird searches...
https://www.google.com/#q=eight+times+more+likely+to+be+killed+by+a+police+officer
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/08/president-obama-the-odds-of-dying-in-a-terrorist-attack-are-a-lot-lower-than-they-are-of-dying-in-a-car-accident.html
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/08/president-obama-the-odds-of-dying-in-a-terrorist-attack-are-a-lot-lower-than-they-are-of-dying-in-a-car-accident.html
You are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist
zbdent
(35,392 posts)8. Remember ... guns don't kill people ...
toddlers with guns kill people ...