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Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on August 19, 2013 a letter forwarded to PolitiFact
Says U.N. arms treaty will mandate a "new international gun registry."
False
By Sue Owen • August 28, 2013
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on August 16, 2013 a guest column
Says "your Legislative Assembly was within one vote of enacting each of those bills into Oregon law."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 24, 2013
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on June 8, 2013 a blog post
Says in Texas "it's legal to shoot someone who's committing a ‘public nuisance’ under the cover of dark."
False
By Sue Owen • July 18, 2013
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 22, 2013 a speech
"When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 3, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 21, 2013 a meme on social media
"There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2013
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on May 9, 2013 an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2013
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 an email to supporters
Says a gun bill before the Senate "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
Donzella James
Donzella James
stated on March 4, 2013 a speech
Georgia has the most lax gun laws in the nation.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 13, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2013 an interview on PBS
Says "the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception … have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates."
False
By Sue Owen • February 1, 2013
Providence City Council
Providence City Council
stated on January 3, 2013 a council resolution
"Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on December 16, 2012 an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’
Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.
False
By Sue Owen • January 3, 2013
Stacey Campfield
Stacey Campfield
stated on September 11, 2012 a post on his blog.
Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do."
False
By Richard Locker • September 26, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 on NRA ILA's website
"Bill Nelson voted for a ban on millions of commonly owned firearms, which included many popular hunting and target rifles."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview on Univision
"Fast and Furious" began under the Bush administration.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 24, 2012
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on August 10, 2012 a YouTube video
A United Nations arms treaty would "almost certainly force" the U.S. to "create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 10, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 12, 2012 a mailer
Says Barack Obama "supported Ted Kennedy’s ammo ban to outlaw all deer-hunting ammunition."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 13, 2012
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
stated on March 27, 2012 a congressional briefing
The Florida Department of Agriculture’s website FreshFromFlorida.com can be used "to get a permit to carry a loaded hidden gun without ever leaving your house."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Cobb County
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 13, 2011 a post on his campaign website
"Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 9, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech by Wayne LaPierre at the Conservative Political Action Conference
"Across the board, violent crime in jurisdictions that recognize the Right to Carry is lower than in areas that prevent it."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2011
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