Selectively redefine common English words. A glance at the chart accompanying the report shows the US rates are not higher than the combined rates of the other 25 countries. The study also classifies Hong Kong, Taiwan and Northern Ireland as independent countries. We didn't expect distortions as blatant as these, but by this time we weren't too surprised. Don't let anyone lie to you.
Some people honestly believe the media verifies facts before publication.
So they innocently repeat statistics from the evening news. Frank Lautenberg, on the other hand, has been a Senator since 1982. He has an entire staff devoted to research and reams of data at his fingertips. He prides himself on the gun control bills he authors. He's been told before.