Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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stated on January 25, 2026 an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures"
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2024 a rally in Atlanta
Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 a moderated conversation
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 10, 2023 a CNN town hall
“Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2023
Marc Short
Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 remarks on CNN's "State of the Union"
“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 28, 2023 a speech
In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 22, 2022 Radio ad
Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”
Mostly False
By Ben Wells • October 31, 2022
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 On Fox News
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Mostly False
October 5, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 a campaign event
Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 a campaign ad
Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 29, 2022 a tweet
"38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore."
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • July 21, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 25, 2022 a press conference
"We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."
Mostly False
By Analisa Trofimuk • June 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 social media posts
“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
Mostly False
By Duncan Slade • November 2, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 News release
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2021 a Facebook post
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2021 a speech
“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2021 a Facebook post
“Less than 500 people a year killed by all rifles combined” and “4,000 a year killed by illegals.”
Mostly False
March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 a Facebook post
Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns."
Mostly False
March 30, 2021
National Association for Gun Rights
National Association for Gun Rights
stated on March 1, 2021 a Facebook post
"Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."
Mostly False
March 4, 2021
Howard Marklein
Howard Marklein
stated on August 25, 2020 News release
Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 28, 2020
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