Biden: More People Dying From Guns Than “Anything Else Happening”

By Cam Edwards

Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that more Americans are dying from gun violence than “anything else happening” at a gun control forum in Las Vegas Wednesday afternoon. Responding to a question by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords about how Biden talks about gun violence at the kitchen table, Biden issued a rambling diatribe that, at one point, included that startling and erroneous claim that more Americans are dying from “gun violence” than anything else (homicides and suicides combined make up less than three percent of all deaths, with heart disease and cancer responsible for nearly sixty percent of deaths per year). In almost the same breath, however, Biden talked about how he tells his grandchildren to “play the percentage game”, noting that the odds of any of us being the victim of gun violence are incredibly small.

It was part of a strange and largely subdued appearance by Biden, who was at least on topic for most of his time on stage. The question by Giffords, however, led to a long and rambling stream of consciousness monologue that ended with a strange and less subdued rant about protecting ducks more than we protect people, because Delaware limits shotguns to three rounds …Read the Rest

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