Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on August 27, 2025 an X post
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 an X post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on February 11, 2024 an interview
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2024
Shannon Watts
Shannon Watts
stated on October 25, 2023 a post on X
“It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2023
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on August 14, 2023 a campaign email
A Democrat-sponsored bill proposes a “1,000% gun tax on most firearms.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 8, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 14, 2023 a speech to the National Rifle Association
"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 a tweet
“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 20, 2023 a Facebook post
Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
Half-True
February 23, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 30, 2023 a tweet
"(Ron) DeSantis' bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • February 6, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 an interview on CNN
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 a speech
New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 27, 2022 News release
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • June 28, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2022 a photo on Facebook
With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • June 3, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 26, 2022 an interview with Fox News
In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2022
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on February 2, 2022 Public statement
"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 18, 2022
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Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
Half-True
November 17, 2021
Joy Behar
Joy Behar
stated on March 23, 2021 a TV segment
"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021
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Viral image
stated on March 22, 2021 an Instagram post
“Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Boulder’s AR-15 ban was unconstitutional. Today, there was a mass shooting in Boulder.”
Half-True
March 23, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 20, 2020 an Instagram post
"Kyle Rittenhouse used his COVID-19 stimulus check to purchase the AR-15 he used in the fatal Kenosha shooting."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • November 25, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 a post
Says Joe Biden told a factory worker, “I don’t work for you!” while pointing a finger in the worker’s face.
Half-True
By Monique Curet • October 20, 2020
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