NY Times Accidentally Proves AR-15s Much Safer Than Lawnmowers And Beds

The liberal media is currently on this absurd mission to demonize semi-automatic rifles and more specifically the AR-15. According to them this normal firearm has otherworldly capabilities to destroy humanity and magical powers to annihilate the souls of its victims. That’s what so odd about a recent NY Times piece where they prove AR-15s are a hell of a lot safer than lawnmowers and even beds. Sure, this was accidental on the Times’ part, but I believe giving credit where credit is due, even if it’s stumbled upon by idiots.

The NY Times article is mostly bullshit as evidence by the title: With AR-15s, Mass Shooters Attack With the Rifle Firepower Typically Used by Infantry Troops

And the actual article:

When a gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, he was carrying an AR-15-style rifle that allowed him to fire upon people in much the same way that many American soldiers and Marines would fire their M16 and M4 rifles in combat.

M-16s and M-4s have full-auto capability while AR-15s are semi-automatic, so no these things aren’t the same. Maybe the NY Times is trying to point out that these are all rifles and people hold them in a similar manner when firing, I don’t know or care.

The thing that interests me in this otherwise stupid article is this statistic:

Since 2007, at least 173 people have been killed in mass shootings in the United States involving AR-15s, according to a New York Times analysis. The grim list includes crimes in Newtown, Conn.; Las Vegas; San Bernardino, Calif.; and now Parkland, Fla.

11 years and 173 deaths attributed to AR-15s? That makes an average of 15.7 deaths per year, which isn’t that bad considering how evil the liberal media says these things are.

That statistic gets even more laughable thanks to another liberal news source: The Huffington Post. In another stupid article, the HuffPo was trying to prove how non-threatening Islamic terrorists are and included this fun fact sheet:

As you can see, 69 people die every year from lawnmowers. Over that same 11 year period quoted by the Times, that means 759 people have been killed by rampaging lawnmowers compared to 179 by rampaging mass shooters with AR-15s.

But then look at the number of people who die falling out of bed every year. 8,107 people have had fatal falls from beds since 2007. Holy shit! Why aren’t those cowards in Congress doing something to ban this deadly product? Are they too scared to take on the powerful mattress lobby?

Seriously, who even needs one of those high-capacity California king-size beds designed for the battlefield, not he bedroom? Even those military-style twin mattress can’t be used responsibly by anyone. People should sleep on the floor or maybe a pile of hay, because our Founding Fathers never envisioned memory foam or Posturepedic adjustable mattresses.

The truth of the matter is that less than 2% of all crime involving guns is committed by people with long guns. That’s not just murders, but robbery and assault. It’s also not all done with AR-15s, long guns include any manner of rifle and shotguns. The actual number of how much crime is committed by scumbags with what liberals call “assault rifles” is so statistically insignificant that nobody keeps it.

Why are liberals so keen on banning AR-15s when we have bigger problems like assault lawnmowers and weapons of mattress destruction killing so many people each year? It’s not like we have a Constitutional right to a neatly trimmed lawn or a good night’s sleep.

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