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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama challenged the media to compare gun and terrorism deaths. So I did.
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/649748792099622912
Deaths from gun violence vs. deaths from terrorism, in one chart
More than 10,000 Americans are killed every year by gun violence. By contrast, so few Americans have been killed by terrorist attacks since 9/11 that when you chart the two together, the terrorism death count approximates zero for every year except 2001.
More than 10,000 Americans are killed every year by gun violence. By contrast, so few Americans have been killed by terrorist attacks since 9/11 that when you chart the two together, the terrorism death count approximates zero for every year except 2001.
Updated by Zack Beauchamp on October 1, 2015, 7:27 p.m. ET
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/1/9437187/obama-guns-terrorism-deaths
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/649727266835046400
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Obama challenged the media to compare gun and terrorism deaths. So I did. (Original Post)
kpete
Oct 2015
OP
Yep. But FAR too complex to research or chart for the very busy mass media research teams that
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. Yep. But FAR too complex to research or chart for the very busy mass media research teams that
Obama challenged and to this day have been unable to find any evidence to present.
LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)3. Yeah, but ...
if you make the y-axis scale 1,000,000,000,000, the graphs are practically on top of each other.
Check mate!
No words.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)5. Who needs Terrorists
US crazed gun-nuts and their NRA enablers will do just fine.
I'm really glad Obama made this point so well. Thank you Mr. President.
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)6. Vox did a good job here
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)7. Somebody needs to tell Wolf Blitzer. n/t
moondust
(20,002 posts)8. CNN.com
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)9. I posted something similar in March 2013