7 Deceptive Claims Jimmy Kimmel Made About Guns in One
Monologue
by AWR Hawkins 3 Oct 2017
During his
opening monologue on Monday night’s Jimmy
Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy
Kimmel made seven false or
misleading statements about gun laws as part of a push to shame Congress into
enacting increased gun control measures following Sunday’s attack on a country
music concert in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead and hundreds more injured.
Ironically, he did this after admitting that the Las Vegas attacker complied with all gun controls in purchasing a number of firearms–meaning he
passed background checks for those guns. Moreover, Kimmel even admitted that
the attacker had “no criminal record,” and therefore, nothing to keep him from
passing a check to acquire a gun.
Breitbart News
reported Monday that the attacker purchased three guns within the last year
from Guns & Guitars in Mesquite, Nevada, where store manager Christopher
Sullivan said the attacker came across as “a normal guy.” Sullivan said the
attacker had no criminal history and indicated that he passed a FBI
background check for his firearms.
Kimmel is correct on one point–there was nothing in the
attacker’s past that signaled a problem. But after making that point, Kimmel
argued that there are still things that Congress could be doing (and this is
where the falehoods and/or misdirection come into play).
1. Kimmel said, “Orlando, Aurora, Newtown,
San Bernardino, [in] every one of these shootings the murderer used automatic
or semiautomatic rifles.” The inclusion of the word “automatic” is very
misleading. In all four instances the rifle used was semiautomatic, period.
Pistols were also present. Moreover, Kimmel did not mention that in three of
the four instances, the attackers acquired their guns via background checks.
Exceptions to this would be the rifles used in San Bernardino–they were
acquired via a friend–but the San Bernardino handguns were acquired via a
background check. And the guns used by the Newtown attacker were stolen. He
stole them from someone who passed a background check for them.
2. Kimmel made the classic leftist claim that
AR-15s and the like “are not weapons used for self-defense.” In doing so, he ignored the report
of the Houston boy who used his father’s AR-15 to defend his sister’s
life during a home invasion. When the two intruders broke into the home, the
boy grabbed his father’s AR and shot one of them three times. He also ignored
the Michigan gas station owner who stopped a robbery in progress at his
station by pulling his AR-15 on the robbers. He also ignored the Broken Arrow,
Oklahoma, son who was home alone when
he used his father’s AR-15 to stop a home invasion by shooting all three
suspects. The suspects died but the son’s life was preserved.
3. He accused President Trump of “signing a bill
that made it easier for people with severe mental illness to buy guns legally.”
This was a reference to Trump’s repeal of Obama’s Social Security gun ban; a
ban that was actually not directed toward people with severe mental illness but
toward recipients of disability benefits who required help with finances. Yes,
mental health labels were given to these people, but those labels could
reference easily treatable and temporary conditions. This is why Duke
University psychiatry and behavioral science professor Jeffrey Swanson said
Obama’s Social Security gun ban targeted the “vulnerable” rather
than the dangerous.
4. He said that House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “won’t do anything about [the attack] because
the NRA has their balls in a money clip.” In reality, Breitbart News has
been reporting that NRA-supported legislation revolving around concealed carry
reciprocity has stalled because of Ryan.
5. Kimmel said, “Right now, there are loopholes in
the law that let people avoid background checks if they buy a gun
privately–from another party–if they buy a gun online or at a gun show.” For
starters, there is no loophole. The Second Amendment was ratified in 1791 and
since that point (and before), Americans have been buying guns from Americans.
It is not a loophole, it is freedom. The left pushed background checks and
secured them on retail sales in 1998–i.e., there have been background checks
on retail sales for nearly two decades–and the left has spent the last four
or five years inaccurately describing private sales as a “loophole” as a way to
persuade Americans to support more gun control. Also, it must be noted that it is
illegal to buy a gun online without going through a background check. If an
individual from Florida wants to purchase a firearm online from a gun store in
Oklahoma, that gun has to be shipped to an Oklahoma store where the buyer
passes a background check before taking possession of it.
6. Kimmel then showed a collage containing the
photos of Senators who voted against closing the fictional private sale, online
sales, and gun show “loopholes” after the June 12, 2016, Orlando Pulse attack.
He did not mention that the Orlando Pulse attacker did not use these “loopholes.”
Rather, he passed background checks and a waiting period for his firearms.
7. Lastly, Kimmel said Congress is now working to
“legalize the sale of silencers.” In reality, “silencers”–or suppressors, as
they are properly called–have been legal and are legal in 42 states. They are
widely owned and used by hunters and sport shooters because of the hearing
protection benefits they offer. What Congress is considering is a bill that
removes the federal tax on suppressors, as well as the burdensome acquisition
process to obtain one.
Let’s connect the dots:
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel is
the writer & host for Jimmy Kimmel
Live!, and married to Molly
McNearney.
Note: Molly McNearney
is married to Jimmy Kimmel, and a writer
for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel
Live! Is an ABC program.
Raymond W. Kelly
is a consultant for ABC, was a commissioner
for the New York City Police Department,
and a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council.
William J. Bratton
was a commissioner for the New York City
Police Department, and is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
William H. Webster
is the chair for the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, was a director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and a director for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Michael A. Nutter
is a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Annise Parker was
a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, and is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety,
Gun Control” group for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown
for Gun Safety, the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, was the New York
(NY) mayor, and a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone.
Manny
Diaz is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, and was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for Doctors
Without Borders.
Marsha
Garces Williams was a U.S. advisory board member for the Doctors Without Borders, and is an
advisory board member for the Andre Agassi
Foundation for Education.
Bill Hornbuckle
is an advisory board member for the Andre
Agassi Foundation for Education, and the president & COO for the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
Mass Shooting Outside Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay; 50+ Dead,
406 Sent to Hospital (PAST RESEARCH)
Monday, October 2, 2017
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for Doctors
Without Borders.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and
a benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone.
John
J. Mack was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for Doctors
Without Borders.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety,
Gun Control” group for guns.
Annise Parker is
an advisory board member for Everytown
for Gun Safety, and was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Raymond W. Kelly
was a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, a commissioner for the New York City Police Department, and is a consultant for ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel
Live! Is an ABC program.
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