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National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on April 17, 2013 a statement:
The Manchin-Toomey amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members" to get government approval.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
"The NRA used to support expanded background checks."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
stated on April 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "New York Times":
Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
John Duncan
John Duncan
stated on April 13, 2013 a letter to a constituent:
"Well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The immigration proposal from the Gang of Eight "is not amnesty."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 17, 2013
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 14, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've declined every year since President Bush left office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2013
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 an email to supporters:
Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 an email to supporters:
Says a gun bill before the Senate "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on April 10, 2013 an interview with NPR:
"We have the fewest people employed in this country since 1979."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2013
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on April 8, 2013 an interview on Fox News:
Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.
False
By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2013
Dannel Malloy
Dannel Malloy
stated on April 3, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 9, 2013
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 2, 2013 a CNN interview:
Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 1, 2013 remarks in Austin, Texas:
"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2013 a Facebook post:
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on March 27, 2013 a tweet:
Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new Explorer."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2013
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on March 31, 2013 an interview on 'Fox News Sunday':
Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2013
Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper
stated on March 26, 2013 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court:
"Very few men outlive their own fertility."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2013
Sal Albanese
Sal Albanese
stated on March 24, 2013 a joint mayoral candidates' appearance on MSNBC:
An annual income of $500,000 "in Manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on March 24, 2013 an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press:
Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 26, 2013
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on March 24, 2013 an appearance on 'Meet the Press':
"If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 26, 2013
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