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Paul Soglin
Paul Soglin
stated on March 23, 2018 a public forum:
"If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder."  
Half-True
By Taylor Palmby • July 12, 2018
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet:
On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 5, 2018 a blog post:
"US representatives promise implement of UN gun-control plans"
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2018
Common Sense News
Common Sense News
stated on May 3, 2018 a blog post:
Says the "Pope calls for world wide gun confiscation except for the UN"  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 20, 2018 an interview on ABC News, "This Week":
"It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2018
Shannon Watts
Shannon Watts
stated on May 21, 2018 a tweet:
"Trained police hit their targets less than 30 percent of the time."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • May 25, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 23, 2018 a CNN town hall:
A recent spending bill had at least "$1.6 billion in there ... for schools to give them an opportunity to secure them."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2018
Oliver North
Oliver North
stated on May 20, 2018 an interview on Fox News:
Perpetrators of school shootings "have been drugged in many cases … many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten."
False
By Manuela Tobias • May 22, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on May 18, 2018 a Facebook post:
"So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2018
TheNewYorkEvening.com
TheNewYorkEvening.com
stated on May 8, 2018 a fake news blog post:
"Pope Francis: Gun owners ‘can’t call themselves Christian’"
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2018
RevolutionRadio.org
RevolutionRadio.org
stated on May 7, 2018 a headline:
"Democrats go full tyranny: now demand nationwide gun confiscation from law-abiding Americans ... at gunpoint, of course."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 10, 2018
Patriotnetwork.one
Patriotnetwork.one
stated on April 27, 2018 a headline:
"Breaking: Czech Republic arms citizens. You can now shoot terrorists on sight."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."
False
By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign website:
"Since 1999, firearm deaths in Ohio have risen 58 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2018
Giffords
Giffords
stated on March 13, 2018 an ad:
"Paul Ryan has blocked all action to strengthen our gun laws."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2018
Free Thought Project
Free Thought Project
stated on April 18, 2018 a headline :
"It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process."
False
By Allison Graves • April 4, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2018 a tweet:
David Hogg graduated from Redondo Shores High School in 2015.
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • March 30, 2018
Beverly Boswell
Beverly Boswell
stated on March 27, 2018 a Facebook post:
Many March for Our Lives speakers called for "the murder of those who would not turn over their guns to the government."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • March 29, 2018
Tom King
Tom King
stated on March 26, 2018 a radio interview:
A bill in Congress "will ban all semi-automatic weapons, including pistols and shotguns. So, yes, they are coming to take away our guns."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark • March 29, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 20, 2018 In a meme:
"The United States is 3rd in murders throughout the world. If you remove Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and New Orleans, the United States is then 189th out of 193 countries in the entire world."
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • March 28, 2018
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