Obama’s Press Secretary, Josh Earnest, cited 30,000 gun deaths in America in defense to the President’s executive actions that he plans to take in this coming year.
Press Secretary John Earnest answered a reporter’s question if there was any opposition to the president’s plan to take executive action to close a so-called “gun show loophole” while making private gun sales more difficult for citizens. Looking down at his talking points, he started reeling off statistics about gun deaths, police shot, and other violent crimes committed with guns. (BizPac Review)
In the face of such alarming statistics, why hasn't Congress acted to #StopGunViolence? https://t.co/GPx0BsueIN
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) January 4, 2016
Unlucky for him, Emily Miller, reporter for FOX5 News was there with the facts. Check it out…
Note White House spokesman always cites "30,000 gun deaths" a year but doesn't say that includes 20,000 suicide. https://t.co/0q1zBxaHkY
— emily miller (@emilymiller) January 4, 2016
White House says 30,000 annual "gun deaths."
FACT: FBI says 8,124 homicides by gun. CDC cites 21,175 suicide by gun.— emily miller (@emilymiller) January 4, 2016
@EmilyMiller @PressSec pic.twitter.com/FoCUDCaDbU
— 🇺🇸Conservative Rebel🇺🇸 𝕏 (@JesseASweeney) January 4, 2016
