Disregard The Rumors

Here's the bottom line on one of the latest internet hoaxes..

Horsesh%t Alert

There is a piece of disinformation circulating on the net claiming that Washington, DC is more dangerous than Iraq...Here’s the claim: "There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed [...]

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