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Kash Patel
stated on January 25, 2026 in 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.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta:

Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.”

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024

Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation:

“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall:

“Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”

By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2023

Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 in 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.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech:

In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023

National Rifle Association
stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad:

Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”

By Ben Wells • October 31, 2022

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News:

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 5, 2022

Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 in 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.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022

Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 in a campaign ad:

Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."

By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022

Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 29, 2022 in 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."

By Nusaiba Mizan • July 21, 2022

Greg Abbott
stated on May 25, 2022 in 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."

By Analisa Trofimuk • June 3, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts:

“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”

By Duncan Slade • November 2, 2021

Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 in 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."

By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2021 in 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.”

By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2021 in a speech:

“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Less than 500 people a year killed by all rifles combined” and “4,000 a year killed by illegals.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 in 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."

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021

National Association for Gun Rights
stated on March 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2021

Howard Marklein
stated on August 25, 2020 in 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.

By D.L. Davis • August 28, 2020

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