CLAIM: During the South Carolina Democrat debate, former Vice President Joe Biden claimed 150 million Americans have died since 2007 because gun makers cannot be sued.
VERDICT: FALSE.
Joe Biden alluded to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, the passage of which protected gun manufacturers from lawsuits in scenarios where the gun in question was legally made and legally sold. He equated this protection with “absolute immunity,” saying it “has caused carnage on our streets. 150 million people have been killed since 2007 when [Bernie Sanders] voted to exempt the gun manufacturers from liability.”
Star Fox News Reporter Explains How One Midterm Result in Particular Sets the Stage for an Unprecedented Border Disaster
NYC’s Mamdani says Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate victory in Michigan ‘means so much to so many’
Trump ‘couldn’t transfer the love’ of his supporters to other Republicans amid historic midterm loss
El Sayed celebrates ‘delicious irony’ that ‘habibi’ Vance has to swear him in: ‘Call me senator’
Rep. Jim Jordan Launches Bid to Become House Minority Leader: Report
Breaking: Mike Johnson Bows Out as House Republican Leader
Majority of Americans broadly reject socialist ideology even as far left surges to power
Democrats seize majority of governors’ offices in election-night shift
Scott Jennings Highlights the ‘Silver Lining’ Hidden in Republicans’ Midterm Disaster
Crashed Learjet Audio Recorded Months Ago Captured Exasperated ATC Ordering Male, Female Pilots to Correct Flight Maneuver
After Feigning Concern About Affordability for Months, Top Dem Reveals It’s All Just About Lawfare Now That They Control Congress: ‘LAWYER UP’
From Texas to Kansas, 6 stunning midterm results that upended the political map
Meet the far-left socialists coming to Congress next year
Former Republican Kevin Kiley loses to Richard Pan in California’s 6th District
Blue wave sweeps Democrats into power and more top headlines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists the number of American deaths for the year 2008 as 2,471,984, for 2009 as 2,437,163, and for 2010 as 2,468,435. The leading causes were heart disease, cancer, respiratory problems, and accidents.
In 2017, the numbers were very similar, with death totals at just over 2,800,000.
150 million Americans did not die due from gun violence between 2007 and 2020.
Story cited here.
