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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1555203" data-attributes="member: 12952">Fact-checker takes Obama to task for gun claimsWASHINGTON –  President Obama is under fire from <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/03/12/obamas-odd-series-of-exaggerated-gun-claims/" target="_blank">The Washington Post’s fact-checker</a> over a series of recent far-fetched gun claims, including suggesting the country’s homicide rate is higher than that of other industrialized nations “by like a mile.”The comments, made during a stop in South Carolina last week, earned the president three out of four "Pinocchios" -- the fact-checker's scale for measuring inaccuracy.“What we have to recognize is, is that our homicide rates are so much higher than other industrial countries. I mean by like a mile.”According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the average homicide rate among the 36 countries is 4.1 per 100,000 people. Brazil tops the list with a homicide rate of 25.5. The U.S. and Chile tie for fourth. Both have a homicide rate of 5.2.“when he claimed lawmakers are backing plans that would allow firearms in kindergarten and machine guns in bars.While some states like Georgia allow firearms to be carried into bars and restaurants, they do not allow machine guns in bars. And while there have been proposals floated to allow guns in schools – mainly college campuses – none of the proposals specifically address kindergarten.</blockquote>

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