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billh58

(6,642 posts)
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 03:54 PM Jun 2017

After Britain Attack, Trump Unleashes a Twitter Storm

“Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now?” he wrote on Sunday morning. “That’s because they used knives and a truck!”

Gun control advocates quickly noted that the casualty toll might have been much higher had the attackers had access to high-powered firearms. Britain has some of the world’s strictest regulations on private gun ownership.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/after-britain-attack-trump-unleashes-a-twitter-storm/ar-BBBYupU?li=BBnb7Kz

Gun Violence Archive -- USA 2017 (5 months so far):

Number of deaths: 6,425 (average 1,285 per month)

Mass shootings: 143 (average 29 per month)

http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

President numb-nuts continually shows his idiocy and aversion to facts, and his total inadequacy for the job he committed several crimes to obtain.

Thank the stars that the London terrorists didn't have guns. It's a total shame that American right-wing terrorists DO have guns. Many, many guns.

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