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The media continues to claim there were 750,000 at the
“Million Mom March,” which has now set up a 501(c)(4) non-profit
political operation and a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible educational
foundation.

Virginia Libertarian Party Director Marc Montoni points out
that the Park Service says they had about 350 buses, which would be
20,000 people at most, that 10,000 may have come in cars, and that
there were only 80,000 extra Metro riders on that beautiful May
Sunday.

So he concluded “110,000 is not a million.” He forgot that
Metro rides were counted riding in and out of downtown, as Jay and
I and other attendees at the Second Amendment Sisters march also
did. So there were only 40,000 extra riders that day.

I don’t think there were even 100,000 there. The overhead
photos, which were circulated on Capitol Hill before the Senate set
“750,000″ in stone in Tom Daschle’s 50-49-approved MMM
congratulatory resolution last week, make it obvious that 75,000 is
a generous count.

And we keep hearing that 12 “children” per day die of
gunshots. “Child” is usually defined as pre-pubescent, a pre-teen.
But among those under 15, the Centers for Disease Control says the
correct count is about 1.7 per day — not 12.

When the issue is guns, who expects the media to tell the
truth?