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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post:
Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2019
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on February 6, 2019 a committee hearing:
"In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
Mostly True
By Yanqi Xu • February 14, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 an interview on CNN:
"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2019 a statement to the press:
"In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2019
Wisconsin Firearms Coalition
Wisconsin Firearms Coalition
stated on January 11, 2019 a Facebook post:
"Governor Evers, AG Josh Kaul, and Speaker Robin Vos are demanding ‘Red Flag Gun Seizures’ for Wisconsin, which would allow gun seizures with "no proof, arrest, indictment, conviction or due process at all!"
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • January 30, 2019
Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild
stated on January 3, 2019 a radio interview:
The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. …  they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 24, 2019
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stated on January 21, 2019 a post on Facebook:
Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "owning guns IS NOT a right, if it were a right it would be in the Constitution."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2019
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on January 9, 2019 a speech.:
On extreme-risk guns laws, "This idea has passed Republican legislatures in other states and has been signed by Republican governors."  
True
By Warren Fiske • January 23, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet:
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
Mostly True
By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate:
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Half-True
By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 18, 2018 a debate:
Says Claire McCaskill "voted against including health records in the background check system."
Mostly False
By Kathryn B. Palmer • November 1, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 19, 2018 a speech:
An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 23, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on August 31, 2018 a tweet:
Sen. Joe Manchin "stands with Hillary Clinton and D.C. Dems on gun control, higher taxes, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood."
Half-True
By Lili Zecevic, Patrick Orsagos • October 5, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet:
"Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 28, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on August 29, 2018 a debate between Democratic candidates for governor, at Hofstra University.:
"We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on August 29, 2018 an MSNBC interview:
Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby "all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn’t shoot guns in city parks."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2018
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 27, 2018 in a blog post:
"It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance'."
False
By John Kruzel • August 28, 2018
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 7, 2018 remarks during a press conference:
"If you are a gun store owner and you decide to go out of business … you right now are allowed to convert your entire gun store inventory to ‘personal use’ and once it is a personal use weapon, you can sell it without background checks."
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 31, 2018 a blog post:
Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2018
Roland Gutierrez
Roland Gutierrez
stated on July 18, 2018 a campaign email blast:
Says Pete Gallego canceled a "planned meeting with the families of Sandy Hook victims."
False
By Jasper Scherer • July 27, 2018
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