For the period 2001-2013, there were an average of 31,269 gun deaths in the US each year.
For the same period, there were an average of 260 deaths by domestic terrorism each year (median: 28 - helpful because the 9/11 deaths skew the mean by almost 10x).
Note that this number accounts for ALL deaths by terrorism, not just those attacks credited to Islamic extremism. Therefore ...
Your odds of dying by gunshot are 1 in 300.
Your odds of dying in a domestic terrorism incident are 1 in 20 MILLION.
You are more than 15 times more likely to die of being struck by lightning than to die in a terrorist attack.
TAKEAWAY: Our government is stoking an irrational fear of a minuscule threat.
More #actualfacts:
-The attackers in Ft. Hood, San Bernardino, and Orlando were AMERICAN BORN and radicalized in the US
-The attackers in Oklahoma City, Charleston, Newtown, UVA, Columbine, and Aurora were all American born and purportedly Christians.
-The 9/11 attackers were from Saudi Arabia (15), UAE (2), Egypt and Lebanon (1 each). Nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11. NONE of these countries is included in the proposed immigration ban.
-Total domestic terrorism deaths caused by people from proposed ban countries Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen: ZERO.
TAKEAWAY: The anti-terrorism proposal does not address the sources of domestic terrorism.
Last #actualfact: The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
The US Supreme Court has repeatedly held that preferences for a particular religion violate this Clause.
TAKEAWAY: At least part of the immigration ban proposal is unconstitutional.
#wearethemajority #resist
Your odds of dying in a domestic terrorism incident are 1 in 20 MILLION.
You are more than 15 times more likely to die of being struck by lightning than to die in a terrorist attack.
TAKEAWAY: Our government is stoking an irrational fear of a minuscule threat.
More #actualfacts:
-The attackers in Ft. Hood, San Bernardino, and Orlando were AMERICAN BORN and radicalized in the US
-The attackers in Oklahoma City, Charleston, Newtown, UVA, Columbine, and Aurora were all American born and purportedly Christians.
-The 9/11 attackers were from Saudi Arabia (15), UAE (2), Egypt and Lebanon (1 each). Nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11. NONE of these countries is included in the proposed immigration ban.
-Total domestic terrorism deaths caused by people from proposed ban countries Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen: ZERO.
TAKEAWAY: The anti-terrorism proposal does not address the sources of domestic terrorism.
Last #actualfact: The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
The US Supreme Court has repeatedly held that preferences for a particular religion violate this Clause.
TAKEAWAY: At least part of the immigration ban proposal is unconstitutional.
#wearethemajority #resist
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