California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday repeated the false declare that weapons are the primary killer of youngsters.
Newsom tweeted, “Weapons are the #1 killer of children in America. Not most cancers. Not automotive crashes. Not medicine. GUNS.”
He went on to criticize the Republican Get together, claiming GOP lawmakers aren’t doing something to cease the killings.
Weapons are the #1 killer of children in America.
Not most cancers. Not automotive crashes. Not medicine.
GUNS.
And what’s the @GOP doing about it? Completely nothing. https://t.co/tEk8dEPr8v
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 25, 2023
On June 2, 2o22, Breitbart Information identified President Joe Biden’s declare that weapons are the primary killer of youngsters was false.
The declare can solely be substantiated if one counts 18 and 19-year-olds — people who’re sufficiently old to vote — as youngsters.
The declare arises from a Might 26, 2022, FOX Information report on Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) figures displaying firearm-related deaths of individuals aged 0-19 totaled 4,368 in 2020, whereas motorcar deaths for a similar age vary totaled 4,036.
However Breitbart Information did a customized search on the CDC numbers, limiting the class of “youngsters” to these aged 0-17, i.e., these beneath voting age, and located that the information utterly flipped. The variety of firearm-related deaths for youngsters aged 0-17 was 2,281 in 2020, whereas the variety of motorcar deaths for a similar age vary was 2,503.
Biden and different leftists, together with Newsom, have continued to repeat the false declare many occasions since June 2022.
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