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National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on March 21, 2018 a segment on NRATV
"March For Our Lives is backed by radicals with a history of violent threats, language and actions."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate
Says Rebecca Dallet "has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives."
Mostly True
March 21, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 14, 2018 a post on Facebook
Shoes on the Capitol lawn represent 7,182 students who were killed in U.S. schools since 2012.
False
By Allison Graves • March 16, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 13, 2018 remarks at a rally
"Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners."
True
By Dan Clark • March 16, 2018
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 14, 2018 a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
"Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 16, 2018
Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview in Milwaukee
"A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
Mostly False
March 16, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 24, 2018 a Waco campaign stop
Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2018 an audio ad distributed to news organizations
Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018
Liberty Headlines
Liberty Headlines
stated on March 7, 2018 a headline
"Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 14, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate
Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA."  
Half-True
March 14, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 27, 2018 a speech
Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2018
John Faso
John Faso
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview on C-SPAN
"The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 12, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
"The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2018
Perry Thurston
Perry Thurston
stated on February 26, 2018 a Senate committee meeting
"Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry."
Mostly True
By Romy Ellenbogen • March 8, 2018
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview
Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • March 6, 2018
David Simmons
David Simmons
stated on March 3, 2018 a vote in the Florida senate
"Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2018
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on January 29, 2018 a speech
Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2018
Pricey Harrison
Pricey Harrison
stated on February 15, 2018 a tweet
"The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • March 5, 2018
Michael Williams
Michael Williams
stated on February 27, 2018 a CNN interview
Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood.
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2018
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on February 28, 2018 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2018
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