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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet
"75-100 folks (are) killed a month and over 200 wounded by senseless gun violence."
Mostly False
By Katherine Baile, Maddie Cherry • October 17, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on September 23, 2019 a speech
Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2019
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on September 22, 2019 a TV interview
Universal background checks involve asking people "to submit the serial numbers to their guns to a state or federal official," and that violates the Second Amendment.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2019
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stated on August 13, 2019 a Facebook post
Since Israel started training teachers with guns, "there have only been two school shootings in 44 years and both shooters were killed by teachers."
False
October 2, 2019
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stated on September 20, 2019 a Facebook post
 Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana.  
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 24, 2019
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on September 4, 2019 a press conference
"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on September 13, 2019
"Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 18, 2019
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stated on September 3, 2019 a Facebook post
The Odessa shooter "had a Beto sticker on his truck."
False
September 13, 2019
Josh Kaul
Josh Kaul
stated on August 15, 2019 a tweet
Says people convicted of felonies or under restraining orders "can buy a firearm without going through a background check."
True
By Eric Litke • September 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 the Democratic debate in Houston
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
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stated on August 17, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary."
False
September 10, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 4, 2019 an interview
"There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 9, 2019
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on August 26, 2019 an interview on MSNBC
Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."
True
By Amy Sherman • September 3, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on August 12, 2019 an interview
The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."  
Half-True
August 22, 2019
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stated on August 8, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!"
False
August 21, 2019
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stated on August 15, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the Philadelphia shootings were "fake" and that police officers sprayed "fake blood on themselves."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • August 19, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 10, 2019 an interview on Fox News
In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2019
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stated on August 13, 2019 a Facebook post
A man arrested by Lubbock, Texas, police for a gun threat said "his accomplices will be going to different Wal-Mart stores and shooting."
False
August 16, 2019
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on August 9, 2019 a TV interview
"97% of murders occur with handguns."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 15, 2019
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