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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 04:56 PM Jun 2016

Donald 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 doesn’t) while Clinton said that Trump wants to allow guns in schools (he has promised to get rid of gun-free zones).

But Trump says Clinton’s 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 Only 168 have been revoked.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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beergood

(470 posts)
2. "Between October 1987 and April 2016, Florida revoked 10,841 concealed weapon"
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 05:45 PM
Jun 2016

10,841 of 3.1 million is 0.35 percent. so in 30 years FL has only revoked less than 1% of permit holders.

jonno99

(2,620 posts)
4. Hillary doesn't want to abolish the 2A? Well, if she wants to adopt the Aussie model,
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 02:37 PM
Jun 2016

one could argue that the result would be a 'de facto' abolishment...


beardown

(363 posts)
6. At least know it was Trump, he got the math wrong.
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 04:50 PM
Jun 2016

168 / 3,000,000 = .000056 and not .0006

As usual, Trump is talking about something small like it's bigger than it really is.

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