Elite Hollywood filmmaker Lee Daniels lied at the Democratic National Convention when he inflated statistics of gun-related deaths.

Via Breitbart:

Top Hollywood producer-director Lee Daniels inflated “gun violence” numbers by 66 percent when he claimed that “33,000 people each year die from gun violence” during his speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.

“Hillary has stood with families of people who died due to gun violence,” the 56-year-old Empire creator and Oscar-nominated The Butler director said. “She’s helped turn their heartache into action. I wish she was around for me when my dad died.”

“Hillary understands our right to bear guns, but wants to stop guns from getting into the wrong hands,” he continued. “You guys, 33,000 Americans die each year from gun violence. That’s 90 people a day. Enough. We ne

The actual number of gun violence-related deaths is literally one-third of that, roughly 10,000 to 11,000 a year, on average.

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