In a column published Thursday by CNN, lawyer and liberal commentator Sally Kohn wondered why we regulate toys but not guns, and stated categorically that 10,000 children lose their lives to guns each year.
She tweeted this promotion for the piece:
We regulate toys that harm a few children but refuse to regulate guns that kill 10,000 kids per year? My latest: https://t.co/XGoSt9lbTM
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) October 29, 2015
Ten thousand deaths? Really? Well, no. The actual figure is about one-tenth of that, and the vast majority of those aren’t accidental.
Kohn credited CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield as having provided her with the statistics, and the sheer numbers should have set off alarm bells warranting further research — but they didn’t.
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Not to worry. John Cardillo, former NYPD officer and contributor to TheBlaze, was only too happy to set her on the straight and narrow. He showed the true statistics of gunshot deaths of children under the age of 18, tweeting:
(1) @CNN, @SallyKohn lied. 2014 FBI Stats 11,961 total homicides. Only 1,085 victims under 18. Not 10,000 by gun. pic.twitter.com/OoUW4ra5AE — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 29, 2015
(2) @CNN, @SallyKohn‘s lie was in fact egregious. FBI-Only 8,124 gun deaths total in US in 2014. 90+% adult victims. https://t.co/8nE32HVWFg
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 29, 2015
In addition, Cardillo observed that only about five percent of those children’s deaths were “accidental” — the rest were crime-related, primarily committed by teen gangs.
.@CNN, @SallyKohn was also dishonest implying that <18 gun deaths are accidental. About 95% are crime related among teens w/illegal guns. — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 29, 2015
And he wasn’t finished yet. He tweeted:
.@sallykohn @CNN here’s some more data. CDC 2013 – Gun suicides under 18: 900. Accidental gun deaths under 18: 72. https://t.co/phSmnTCwu6
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 29, 2015
Kohn eventually offered this correction:
Correction forthcoming. My mistake. 10,000 children per year are killed *or injured* by guns. https://t.co/6UD48wMIA0 — Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) October 29, 2015
Keep digging, Kohn, maybe you’ll eventually find the truth.
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