Sanders Lowballs Vermont Gun Deaths by an Order of Magnitude [View all]

[George II]

Source: Seven Days VT

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday morning to call for gun control legislation, but in doing so he understated the number of gun deaths in Vermont by an order of magnitude.

“In my small state of Vermont, between 2011 and 2016, 42 people were killed by guns,” Sanders said in his remarks.

That’s the same window of time Vermont Public Radio focused on last year in a series documenting gun deaths in Vermont, but Sanders’ figure was way off. VPR’s reporting, which was based on data provided by the Vermont Department of Health, found that 420 people were killed by guns between 2011 and 2016.

In his remarks on the Senate floor, Sanders did not cite a source for the number he used. It was also included in a press release his office issued Wednesday morning.

Read more: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2018/03/14/sanders-lowballs-vermont-gun-deaths-by-an-order-of-magnitude

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Here's the VPR link to their report:

http://projects.vpr.net/gunshots-vermont-gun-data