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Bloggers
stated on March 16, 2018 a headline:

"Ohio student suspended for staying in class during National Walkout Day"

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • March 28, 2018

Doug Jones
stated on March 21, 2018:

"States that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."

Mostly True

By John Kruzel • March 24, 2018

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
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

By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2018

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
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
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
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview in Milwaukee:

"A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2018

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
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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • March 14, 2018

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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