ABC's Deceiving Gun Report

[Tim Nunan]

http://patriotpost.us/posts/23095

The propagandists over at ABC are out with a new investigative report on the dangers of firearms inside the home: “7,391 children [are] rushed to the hospital every year with … gun injuries,” mused anchor Diane Sawyer, citing a new study from the journal Pediatrics, and “453 of those children die at the hospital.” As usual, however, the report leaves out some important disclaimers: The study includes anyone under the age of 20. Apparently when it comes to exploiting the dangers of gun ownership, you're considered a child halfway through college. (Yet those in puberty are considered “adult” enough to make coherent decisions regarding sex, birth control and sexual orientation?) Secondly, Sawyer failed to mention that just 2,149 of the incidents were from accidental discharges, 270 consisted of attempted suicides, and the remaining 4,559 were criminal assaults. Talk about a gross distortion of the facts.