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KDJ’s ‘Gun Myth’ Fact-Check: Liberals Vs. Americans, Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

I was looking up gun statistics for my article \u201cLiberties Under Assault: 2nd Amendment Edition<\/a>,\u201d and I tripped on two articles tackling \u201cgun myths.\u201d One was from the Bolshie-riffic prags at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), and the other was by sane people at gunfacts.info. So I thought I\u2019d dig into both and see which site actually knows the difference between an AR-15 and an \u201cassault rifle.\u201d<\/p>\n

FACT-O-RAMA!<\/strong>\u00a0An AR-15 is a semi-automatic firearm, and an assault rifle is a non-existent boogeyman boom-boom stick that haunts tree-huggers in their sleep and makes them wet their non-binary Underoos.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Before we get started, I just want to apologize for the phrase \u201cfact-check\u201d in the headline. I abhor the phrase \u201cfact-check\u201d because it is frequently used by commie websites that employ each other\u2019s articles to verify or debunk alleged \u201cfacts.\u201d Meaning, the pinko skanks at USA Today will post \u201cFact-Check: Did Biden Make Millions Selling Influence to our Enemies Across the Globe? The New York Times says \u2018No.’\u201d It\u2019s akin to Stalin saying, \u201cIf you don\u2019t believe\u00a0me<\/em>, ask Beria.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, I will be doing a\u00a0real<\/em>\u00a0fact-check on gun myths. Let\u2019s get this \u201cmyth\u201d brawl underway.<\/p>\n

In this corner, wearing rainbow trunks, weighing in at 51 kilograms,\u00a0Johns Hopkins University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MYTH: URBAN HOMICIDES FALSELY INFLATE STATISTICS ON U.S. GUN DEATHS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

FACT<\/a>: \u201cThe common trope is that places like Baltimore or Detroit or Chicago are the reason we have so many gun deaths in this country,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Cass Crifasi, PhD \u201914, MPH<\/a>, the Center\u2019s director of research and policy, told the<\/span>\u00a0Chicago Tribune<\/a>. And yes, those places \u2026 have unacceptable rates of gun homicides. But the places with the highest rates of death are not Maryland, Michigan, and Illinois. They are Mississippi, Louisiana, Wyoming, Missouri, and Alabama. The places with weaker gun laws have higher rates of death. More people died from guns in Texas than Illinois, when suicide and accidental shootings are included.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hold on, let\u2019s look at that last phrase, \u201cwhen suicide and accidental shootings are included.\u201d That\u2019s just a lefty pivot. Nice try, jackpuddings. We see how you are trying to manipulate the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, roughly two-thirds of gun-related deaths are suicides, but that isn\u2019t what this is about. The left needs to lie and squirm like the lizard people they are and add \u201csuicides and accidental shootings\u201d in order to \u201cprove\u201d that red-state dwellers, meaning conservatives, are more gun-happy than city folk, and as you\u2019re about to see, that just ain\u2019t true.\u00a0 But again, they\u2019ll say what they must to confiscate your guns.<\/p>\n

JHU claims that most shootings are taking place in red states. What it fails to mention is that they are happening in blue cities in red states. And since JHU mentioned my home state of Michigan, check out this\u00a0map<\/a>\u00a0of shootings in the Great Lakes State.<\/p>\n

If you take Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Detroit out of the picture, shootings drop significantly. And since JHU brought it up, I\u2019ll add that the Yoopers in the Upper Peninsula (UP), of Michigan aren\u2019t very violent. I suspect those snowbillies in da UP are not shooting people, accidentally or otherwise, just themselves, eh?<\/p>\n

BLAST-O-RAMA!<\/strong>\u00a0Out of a\u00a0<\/span>possible 100<\/a>, with 100 being the safest cities in the U.S., the aforementioned Michigan cities scored the following: Detroit: 1, Lansing: 5, Grand Rapids: 7, Flint: 17 (don\u2019t drink the water, and honestly, that score of 17 seems dubious). The mayors of Detroit, Flint, and Grand Rapids are Democrats. The mayor of Lansing has no party.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hey look, I\u2019m\u00a0correct<\/a>. Suicide in\u00a0rural Michigan is a problem<\/a>. But again, we are talking about guns used to kill people illegally. It\u2019s nice of the Punchinellos to drag suicide into a \u201cgun violence\u201d debate and try to use depression to prove a point.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the other states mentioned:<\/p>\n