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NRA Snags 'Dr. Phil' in Anti-gun Lie
National Rifle Association has caught Phillip McGraw, the TV psychologist who dubs himself "Dr. Phil," in an absurd anti-gun lie.
According to this month's issue of the NRA magazine America's 1st Freedom, McGraw clucked as he had young boys play with toy guns on his program. "There are five children a day killed with guns through either accidents or suicides," McGraw claimed.
That would be more than 1,800 a year. In reality:
"If, by children, Dr. Phil meant 10 and under, like he used in his 'experiment,' approximately 50 children die from handgun violence," the magazine says in an article headlined "TV's New Rosie O'Donnell."
McGraw specified gun "accidents and suicides." The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, reports only 86 accidental deaths and 110 suicides involving firearms in children 14 and under in 2000.
"Maybe Dr. Phil will make sure he has some facts in hand before spouting off next time," America's 1st Freedom says.
http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2003/2/4/113812
National Rifle Association has caught Phillip McGraw, the TV psychologist who dubs himself "Dr. Phil," in an absurd anti-gun lie.
According to this month's issue of the NRA magazine America's 1st Freedom, McGraw clucked as he had young boys play with toy guns on his program. "There are five children a day killed with guns through either accidents or suicides," McGraw claimed.
That would be more than 1,800 a year. In reality:
"If, by children, Dr. Phil meant 10 and under, like he used in his 'experiment,' approximately 50 children die from handgun violence," the magazine says in an article headlined "TV's New Rosie O'Donnell."
McGraw specified gun "accidents and suicides." The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, reports only 86 accidental deaths and 110 suicides involving firearms in children 14 and under in 2000.
"Maybe Dr. Phil will make sure he has some facts in hand before spouting off next time," America's 1st Freedom says.
http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2003/2/4/113812