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Dem Rep. Makes WILDLY Inaccurate Claim About Number of Children Killed With So-Called ‘Assault Weapons’

Mar. 21, 2013 4:49pm Jason Howerton

Democrat Charlie Rangel Claims Millions of Children Are Dying From Assault Weapons

FILE – In this June 7, 2012 file photo, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. Credit: AP

Attempting to show how huge of a mistake it was to drop the ban on so-called “assault weapons” from the Senate’s gun control bill, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on MSNBC Thursday claimed “millions of kids” are dying at the hands of these weapons and Congress is failing to act.

Rangel blamed the National Rifle Association, politics and money for the gun ban’s failure.

“I’m ashamed to admit it but its politics and its money, The NRA has taken this position, there is no reason, there is no foundation. There is no hunter that needs automatic military weapons to enjoy the culture of going hunting,” Rangel began. “But you know it’s really basically the absence of the voices of good people. I cannot believe that politicians are afraid of the NRA.”

He went on: “We’re talking about millions of kids dying — being shot down by assault weapons, were talking about handguns easier in the inner cities, to get these guns in the inner cities, than to get computers. This is not just a political issue, it’s a moral issue and so when we condemn the NRA we should not ignore the fact that a lot of people that have taken moral positions have been solid on this big one.”

Watch his comments via MSNBC below:

Rangel’s assertion is so ridiculously false, it’s hard to really put it into perspective. But let’s try.

According to FBI data, just 358 people — of all ages — were killed with “rifles” in 2010. In fact, more people were killed by hands and feet (745), knifes (1,704) and shotguns (373) than with rifles that same year. As Fox Nation points out, the total number of gun homicides in 2011 was 8,583, still exponentially lower than Rangel’s estimation of murders involving so-called “assault weapons” alone.

Using the 2011 total gun-related murder rate, it would take more than 116 years for one million people to be killed by a firearm. Additionally, it would take more than 2,793 years for one million people to be killed with rifles, or what Rangel calls “assault weapons,” according to the 2010 FBI data.

Now, that does not lessen the impact of such a horrific tragedy like the Newtown massacre, however, the United States will never be able to have a meaningful debate about guns as long as such blatant lies are being used to demonize firearms.

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Comments (209)

Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:54pm
Anyone with half a brain knows Rangle is insane. The real question is why do blacks keep voting for this clown? Kinda proves what evryone knows about blacks,but are too afraid to say. Im only the messenger………

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Lotus503
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:54pm
It’s right up there with the number of slaves that Major Owens claimed to be thrown overboard by the slavers. ‘The sharks are still swimming the route looking for bodies…’

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cptenn94
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:52pm
Though we clearly see through these lies, about the numbers, understand that there are many, who really think that millions of kids are being murdered with rifles.

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Frodo RinosBane
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:45pm
Millions of those kids were allegedly fathered by Charlie.

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Buckmaster
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:44pm
This guy is so full of s#@%. Hey Charlie, why don’t you trim those brows so we can see your lying eyes!

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Warphead
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:42pm
And just exactly what made you think that democrats could make anything other than “wildly inaccurate claims?” Their whole existance is based on lies, deception, exaggerated claims, thievery and corruption. The only thing in the millions that Charlie Rangle could be associated with is the millions of taxpayers dollars he has managed to swindle over the years. They are truly the party of Smoke & Mirrors kept in power by by the most inept citizens among us. Believing in the democrat party or anything they say or do is even more foolish than believing that Pro-Wrestling is not staged. And that’s pretty dam dumb The happiness I would feel when Charlie Rangle leaves politics would rank nearly equal to the happiness I felt when the lecherous, couldn’t get enough of hearing himself speak, Robert Byrd “retired.” I know he died, I’m trying to be civil here.Rangle is a proven crook, and everyone knows it but there his fat ass still sits in one of the highest seats of government in our country. I don’t resent what happens to those that keep voting for these clowns. What I resent is that they are taking me down with them. I’m fed up. The very fact that I can see Charlie Rangle’s face and it isn’t behind bars is enough to push anyone to the brink of madness.

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welovetheUSA
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:42pm
Shut up……you dumb idoits……..vote the democrats out of our white house for the next 300 years.

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proliance
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:36pm
I got my first rifle in 1980, joined the NRA in 1981 and still haven’t killed any kids. Am I doing it wrong?

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- Tpr211
  Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:43pm
  Did you grow up in the hood?
  
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nesmond
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:28pm
He got the lie out there. That is all the dems care about.

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Tpr211
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:28pm
Use to work fords drug company that had a PAC that fed this moron a lot of money, these comments further verify he is nothing but an ignorant whore. I feel sorry for you NY residents not in his constituency, the idiots he represent clearly are to stupid to ever read anything here, so any comments would be wasted directed to them. To. Bad the north has fallen without a fight to these disgusting whores, morons and thugs.

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Kiba
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:28pm
Im more than certain when someone like Pee-losi or someone like that they will say the same thing they say about Joe Baffoonden “Oh that’s just ol’e Joe ya know lol. just Joe” and it will be “Oh c’mon that’s just Chaaalee, just ol’e Chaaaleee”, friggin sad..

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aacosta
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:27pm
One required qalifications for a New York politicians ::::: Ignorance!!

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muddy_canto
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:25pm
Chuck, don’t you have some eyebrows to shave?

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valleyfever
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:25pm
Rangel is a tax cheating crook that needs to be in jail not blowviating about things he has no knowledge about.

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Bryan_K
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:23pm
stupid is as stupid does.

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Kiba
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:23pm
I hate that lieing piece of dung. If that bum would tell the truth the earth would spin off its axis. He really thinks he’s the stuff. I guess everyone has forgotten what a lieing crook and tax cheat he is already, he just got censored a year or so ago. But I guess I almost forgot he can “somehow” get away with anything, gee wonder how that seems to happen, go figure huh.

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flysail
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:22pm
“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people.
As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children,
the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any
deprivation. ” -Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler, Publ. Houghton Miflin, 1943, Page 403

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- Kiba
  Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:31pm
  That’s right, anytime someone says “oh but its for the chiiidreeen” you know your about to get it dry.
  
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- BloodSweatandTears
  Posted on March 21, 2013 at 7:18pm
  Add to that “grow the middle class.” You think they mean larger, not, ‘grow,’ it smaller.
  
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no1hd
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:22pm
That’s all we need is rangel saying something is moral. He is / was and will always be a chief.

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truemedia
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:20pm
Politicians needs thank the NRA and apologize for its maligning them for they have SAVED Millions of lives teaching gun safety

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@SoquelCreek
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:17pm
According to those “crazy” folks at the FBI, Department of Justice, and the National Institute of Justice, the TOTAL number of homicides in the United States is SIGNIFICANTLY less than “millions.” Congressman Rangel is only off by a factor of 100 or more.

CHART: U.S. Homicides by Weapon Type (1975-2008)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S8FD-OqhBcw/UQME0KqPWzI/AAAAAAAAB0M/F21BPdy8gfk/s1600/nij_homicide_data_doj.png

Seeing how math challenged Congressman Rangel is, perhaps this might also explain why we’re $16 TRILLION in debt.

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usafpatriot
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:15pm
The 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting! It has to do with self defense against criminals and an over bearing government.

Oh yeah, abortion is what is killing millions of children but the dems/libs will never talk about that.

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AvengerK
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:11pm
This just in ladies and gentlmen…a spokesperson for Mr Rangel has clarified the remark. Mr Rangel knows it’s not millions of kids dying. But that it “should” be millions of kids dying so that he can get legislation passed that tramples on the second amendment and scores political points with the LoFoVo’s in his constituency. Mr Rangel could not be reached for comment..he was asleep on a Jamaican beach somewhere enjoying the money he’s stolen from you.

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CommonSenseTalk
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:10pm
I agree with Rangel. All black people should not have guns. He should introduce gun laws that take guns away from all black people. It worked out so great the last time.

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- flysail
  Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:25pm
  The NRA view on Blacks and gun ownership: http://www.youtube.com/embed/9RABZq5IoaQ?feature=player_embedded
  
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maggiepie
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:08pm
A young boy was killed, I think it was in Fl., yesterday by a BB gun. Sad but true.

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- matt_c
  Posted on March 21, 2013 at 7:36pm
  Was it an assault BB gun?
  
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Bro Geo Too
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:08pm
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Democrat Charlie Rangel has a history of criminal malfeasance: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20012179-503544.html – so now HE is going to lecture America on morality?!

He is a liar and a cheat and doesn’t give a damn about kids getting shot; he cares about his reelection that’s all. He is a pathetic D-bag.

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