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Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Thu Sep 3, 2015, 05:43 AM Sep 2015

Fox News' Eric Bolling misstates tie between gun laws and gun deaths internationally [View all]

The murders of two television journalists in Virginia renewed the debate about gun control in America. On Fox News’ The Five, panelist Juan Williams said he feels more threatened by the number of guns on the street in New York and Washington, D.C., than he does by the militant Muslim group ISIS.

Show co-host Eric Bolling shot back, "In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence."

We decided to see if Bolling had his facts straight.

We couldn’t find proof that he did, and neither Bolling nor Fox News got back to us to show otherwise.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/sep/01/eric-bolling/fox-news-bolling-misstates-tie-between-gun-laws-an/

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Fox News' Eric Bolling misstates tie between gun laws and gun deaths internationally [View all] SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP

In other Fox News Reports: Miami, Florida to order 217 snow removal trucks this winter. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #1

Have you considered... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #2

Huh? Human101948 Sep 2015 #3

Yeah? Well, Fox just interviewed Kim Davis. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #5

Off topic. You like Fox coverage of the gun control issue? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #7

Some folks are so obsessed as to be humorless. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #13

Fox Reports from Alaska: "Alaskans growing vegetables for first time delighted with global warming!" Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #8

You don't seem very busy coming for our guns. N/T beevul Sep 2015 #9

Oh, I don't know. Some of those yellow squash kinda look like an old pistol. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #14

Right. Straw Man Sep 2015 #4

"Pulling facts out of your ass while turning red with practised faux indignation" is a hiring Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #6

So, what are you doing to "come for our guns"? DonP Sep 2015 #10

So where is the call out on this person? krispos42 Sep 2015 #11

Ouch Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #12