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Related: About this forumDonald Trump minimizes number of revoked gun permits in Florida
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton continued their battle over gun rights following his recent endorsement by the National Rifle Association.
Trump told the NRA that Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment (she doesnt) while Clinton said that Trump wants to allow guns in schools (he has promised to get rid of gun-free zones).
But Trump says Clintons positions are misguided because gun permit holders follow the law and that includes Florida, where he says only a tiny speck have lost the right to a gun permit.
"These are among the most law-abiding folks statistically in the entire country," Trump said. "In Florida, for example, they have issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked. That's 0.006 percent."
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jun/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-minimizes-number-revoked-gun-permits-/
Trump told the NRA that Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment (she doesnt) while Clinton said that Trump wants to allow guns in schools (he has promised to get rid of gun-free zones).
But Trump says Clintons positions are misguided because gun permit holders follow the law and that includes Florida, where he says only a tiny speck have lost the right to a gun permit.
"These are among the most law-abiding folks statistically in the entire country," Trump said. "In Florida, for example, they have issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked. That's 0.006 percent."
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jun/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-minimizes-number-revoked-gun-permits-/
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Donald Trump minimizes number of revoked gun permits in Florida (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Jun 2016
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Kamala Harris has minimized the importance of doing her job. Gonna call her, SecMo?!
pablo_marmol
Jun 2016
#3
Hillary doesn't want to abolish the 2A? Well, if she wants to adopt the Aussie model,
jonno99
Jun 2016
#4
Heh. Politifact cites Johns Hopkins gun violence institute. Funded by Bloomberg.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#5
ileus
(15,396 posts)1. What was he thinking! .006% is HUGE!!!!!
beergood
(470 posts)2. "Between October 1987 and April 2016, Florida revoked 10,841 concealed weapon"
10,841 of 3.1 million is 0.35 percent. so in 30 years FL has only revoked less than 1% of permit holders.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)3. Kamala Harris has minimized the importance of doing her job. Gonna call her, SecMo?!
jonno99
(2,620 posts)4. Hillary doesn't want to abolish the 2A? Well, if she wants to adopt the Aussie model,
one could argue that the result would be a 'de facto' abolishment...
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)5. Heh. Politifact cites Johns Hopkins gun violence institute. Funded by Bloomberg.
beardown
(363 posts)6. At least know it was Trump, he got the math wrong.
168 / 3,000,000 = .000056 and not .0006
As usual, Trump is talking about something small like it's bigger than it really is.