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2024-10-27 18:14:52 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 61F6E4C487B9EE9CD5319EE2CC4866137CDF284CE8BBECA690623E090B297FD2
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These statistics are false. The map does not show gun statistics at all, but the results of the 2016 presidential election. The claim that 97% of all guns in the US are in areas with only 3% of gun violence is entirely false. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/02/fact-check-97-percent-of-guns-not-in-areas-of-us-that-account-for-3-percent-of-gun-violence.html https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/fact-check-more-gun-ownership-does-not-lead-to-less-gun-violence/
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