Obama Gun Claims

Published: 03/18/2015 12:56:51 PM

Obama Gun Claims:

Calling "BS" on B.O.

We all know where the president stands on guns and ammunition, right?

Well, at least we thought we did. The problem is each time he reloads, the Barack Obama gun claims seems to be getting further from reality. He�s still trying to win an argument he is destined to keep losing. 

But let�s move beyond opinion, shall we? 

It�s better to focus on the facts. 

Are you ready? 

It�s time once again to play another edition of�

Obama Gun Claims: Calling �BS� on B.O. 

For this edition, we return to the scene of the crime. Many witnesses were on hand. Barack Obama appeared at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina for a town hall meeting on March 6, 2015. 

Some of the president�s comments on guns and gun violence were so off target, the Washington Post received tweets and emails from average citizens asking for its ferocious �Fact Checker� to do some further review. To no one�s surprise, this reporter also got a real whiff of �BS� from the Barack Obama gun claims. 

Here�s 3 points from the article by Glenn Kessler:

 (You might want to hold your nose). 

1. �It�s easier for you to buy a handgun and clips than it is for you to buy a fresh vegetable�� � President Barack Obama 

Fact Check: Kessler found the above comment to be very strange. His fact checking also showed it is another example of Obama gun claims which appears to have zero statistical basis in support of it. As far as the Washington Post could determine, �There are no areas in the United States where background checks are needed to buy vegetables. For what it�s worth, the White House declined to provide an explanation for the president�s comment on vegetables and guns.�

Opinion: Perhaps the president needs to eat more vegetables and increase his daily fiber intake to reduce his �BS� levels.

1. �Our homicide rates are so much higher�by like a mile�� -- President Barack Obama 

When the Washington Post called �BS� on B.O. for this doozy of Obama gun claims about the world�s homicide rates, it reports it �got some push-back from the administration on this interpretation.� 

So, the Post decided to survey six unbiased colleagues on what they thought the president meant by his remark. The vote was unanimous. All six agreed, Barack Obama was teaching the Benedict College students the United States of America had the highest homicide rate among industrialized nations. 

Fact Check: The Post pointed out currently there are 34 member countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, two countries in negotiation for membership, Russia and Brazil, are also included in the agency�s statistical data.

According to the 2014 OECD data, these 36 countries have an average homicide rate of 4.1 per 100,000 people. 

Brazil tops the list with a homicide rate of 25.5, more than six times the average. Next on the list is our neighbor south of the border, Mexico. It came in a close second with a homicide rate of 23.4. Following in third place is Russia at 12.8. 

So you�re wondering�Where is the USA? What is the U.S. homicide rate? 

Tied with Chile in a distant fourth place is the United States. Both nations showed a 2014 homicide rate of 5.2 per 100,000. 

The Washington Post reported some of its readers objected to the idea of considering Mexico (or Brazil and Russia) as industrialized countries. The Post defended its stance saying, �We still do not see support for the president�s �mile� statement.� 

Opinion: On second thought, perhaps we shouldn�t call �BS� on B.O. for this one. After all, since the White House thinks we don�t have an immigration problem with Mexico, it seems logical the president would believe �Our homicide rates are so much higher�by like a mile.� Only people who see the daily facts of America�s immigration crisis would see the truth. Mexico�s homicide rate of 23.4 tops the U.S. rate of 5.2�by like a mile. 

 (NOTE: We also thought about telling you Estonia rounded out the top 5 with a homicide rate of 4.7. But�since most fine, gun-owning, law-abiding Americans don�t even know where Estonia is, the brain trust at Ares Armor decided to leave it out. Slow on the trigger there friend! Don�t Google it. We�ll save you the time. Our Ares Armor crack Fact Checker discovered Estonia is east of Sweden and south of Finland).

1. �People just say well, we should have firearms in kindergarten and we should have machine guns in bars.� 

The president seemed to be taking dead aim at lawmakers with this remark. He added to the Benedict College students, �You look at some of these laws that come up.� 

Fact Check: Last year, Georgia passed a firearms law allowing handguns and rifles in public places including bars across the state (unless the establishment owner objected). Machine guns are not permitted. 

Meanwhile, more than a dozen states are looking at proposed bills legalizing carrying firearms on college campuses and K-12 schools to protect these well-known unarmed, easy targets. Not a single one proposal specifically addresses kindergarten. In conclusion, the Washington Post Fact Checker said Barack Obama�s inaccuracies with the truth at the South Carolina town hall, �earned the president three out of four �Pinocchios.�" 

Opinion: In the interest of fairness, we�d feel negligent if we didn�t make this final point. There was one comment the president made at the event which Ares Armor believes was right on target. He asked the Benedict College students, �You think I�m exaggerating?...� 

Yes we do, Mr. President. Yes we do. And once again, the facts prove it.