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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
stated on August 10, 2019 a tweet
Law-abiding gun owners stop crimes "2.5 million times a year," according to the federal Centers for Disease Control.
Mostly False
August 14, 2019
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stated on August 6, 2019 a post on Facebook
 "Not one Democrat called for gun control" after a man shot at Republican lawmakers playing softball.
False
August 14, 2019
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stated on August 12, 2019 a post on Facebook
The daughter of a Donald Trump appointee posed as an El Paso shooting victim in a photo with the president.
Pants on Fire!
August 14, 2019
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stated on August 8, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says a crisis actor played the parts of a shooting victim and the mothers of shooting victims in Las Vegas, Orlando and Thousand Oaks.  
Pants on Fire!
August 14, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 11, 2019 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago."
True
By Bill McCarthy • August 13, 2019
Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on August 8, 2019 a radio interview.
"Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 13, 2019
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stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook post
A Fox News affiliate reported on a shooting before it happened.
False
August 12, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Rep. Kevin McCarthy as saying "there are no mass shootings in Japan because there are no video games there."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • August 12, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2019 a tweet
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley were "totally misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital. Their news conference after I left for El Paso was a fraud. It bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people that I was so lucky to meet and spend time with."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2019 remarks in Morristown, N.J.
Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 a video on Twitter
"There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens."  
Half-True
August 8, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 6, 2019 a tweet
"Chicago experienced its deadliest weekend of the year...With 7 dead and 52 wounded near a playground."
Mostly False
By Duncan Agnew • August 7, 2019
Stephanie Ruhle
Stephanie Ruhle
stated on August 5, 2019 on MSNBC
Says Walmart is "one of the largest sellers of assault-style weapons."
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 7, 2019
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 5, 2019 a tweet
"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2019
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on August 3, 2019 a tweet
There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.
False
By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2019
Ron Tusler
Ron Tusler
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"Less mass shootings under Trump!"
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • August 6, 2019
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stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook post
The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014.
False
August 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2019 a speech
"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on August 3, 2019 a press conference
Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 (murders per year). We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 5, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 Facebook posts
The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • August 5, 2019
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