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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 22, 2018 an interview
Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.  
Mostly True
March 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2018 in a meeting
"You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did."  
False
By John Kruzel • March 1, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 22, 2018 a tweet
"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"
True
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on February 25, 2018 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2018
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on February 20, 2018 an interview on CNN
"Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 27, 2018
Nancy Rotering
Nancy Rotering
stated on February 11, 2018 an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times
"It’s now constitutional to ban [assault weapons] in Illinois. Yet, the Illinois General Assembly has failed to allow other cities to have that opportunity."
True
By Brett Chase • February 27, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 15, 2018 a briefing with reporters
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
Half-True
February 26, 2018
Matt Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
stated on February 21, 2018 an interview on CNN
"A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder."
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2018
Ted Deutch
Ted Deutch
stated on February 21, 2018 a CNN town hall
"Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 23, 2018
Larry Pittman
Larry Pittman
stated on February 15, 2018 a Facebook post
"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on February 21, 2018 a radio interview
"So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on February 22, 2018 a tweet
Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2018
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on February 20, 2018 a TV ad
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 23, 2018
Giffords
Giffords
stated on February 20, 2018 a TV ad
"Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 18, 2018 on the Internet
In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 21, 2018 multiple posts and blogs on the Internet
Say David Hogg is a crisis actor. 
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • February 21, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 18, 2018 a statement on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks."
False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on February 18, 2018 an interview
"There are more guns in this country than there are people."  
Half-True
February 20, 2018
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on February 10, 2018 a tweet
"3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • February 19, 2018
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