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Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
Mostly True
October 6, 2017
Newsweek
Newsweek
stated on October 2, 2017 an article
"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • October 6, 2017
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on October 2, 2017 an op-ed in the "New York Times"
Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 3, 2017 a news release
The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.  
Half-True
October 4, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 2, 2017 a tweet
"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."
False
By Manuela Tobias • October 4, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on October 2, 2017 a press conference
"I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country. That certainly hasn’t helped there."
Pants on Fire!
By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 2, 2017 a tweet
90 percent of Americans "support universal background checks" for gun purchases.  
True
October 3, 2017
José Serrano
José Serrano
stated on September 12, 2017 a tweet
"Republicans want to restore #gunrights to felons"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 22, 2017
Matthew Rosendale
Matthew Rosendale
stated on July 31, 2017 Voices of Montana radio show
Says Sen. Jon Tester "believes that we should have a national registration so that the people of Montana should have to ask permission before they purchase a gun, ask permission from the federal government."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • August 21, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on August 7, 2017 a press release
Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 16, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on August 2, 2017 an op-ed for The Buffalo News
"Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • August 11, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 a speech
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
August 1, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 15, 2017 a web post
Say Gretchen Carlson said, "The 2nd Amendment Was Written Before Guns Were Invented."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on July 3, 2017 a tweet
Says Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch "is constantly overturned."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 2, 2017 a tweet
"Americans are 25x more likely to be shot & killed than others in developed countries."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 14, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 28, 2017 a speech to the National Rifle Association
"The first Congress passed a law mandating that every able-bodied man must own a musket."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 19, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2017 a web post on ihavethetruth.com
A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
Marc Butler
Marc Butler
stated on March 1, 2017 a press conference to repeal the SAFE Act
"We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there's not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • March 24, 2017
Hannah Willard
Hannah Willard
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference in the Florida Capitol
"Experts estimate that 40 percent of gun sales occur in no-questions-asked transactions that often take place at gun shows or on the Internet."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House floor speech
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
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