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Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2020 Twitter
In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."
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By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 8, 2020 post on Facebook
“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”
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By Emily Venezky • June 16, 2020
Eric Burlison
Eric Burlison
stated on January 20, 2020 a tweet
“Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
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By Anna Peterson • March 18, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Scott Jenkins
Scott Jenkins
stated on January 13, 2020 remarks
“There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"People with pre-existing mental health conditions have access to firearms and not health care."
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November 7, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
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By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on August 12, 2019 an interview
The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."  
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August 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2019 remarks in Morristown, N.J.
Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 a video on Twitter
"There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens."  
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August 8, 2019
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 5, 2019 a tweet
"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."  
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By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2019
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 14, 2019 a campaign rally
In 2017, the first piece of legislation that Republicans passed "made it easier for the mentally ill to purchase guns."
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By Julianna Rennie • April 22, 2019
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2019 a statement to the press
"In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."
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By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2019
Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild
stated on January 3, 2019 a radio interview
The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. …  they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers."
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By D.L. Davis • January 24, 2019
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
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By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on August 31, 2018 a tweet
Sen. Joe Manchin "stands with Hillary Clinton and D.C. Dems on gun control, higher taxes, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood."
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By Lili Zecevic, Patrick Orsagos • October 5, 2018
Paul Soglin
Paul Soglin
stated on March 23, 2018 a public forum
"If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder."  
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By Taylor Palmby • July 12, 2018
Shannon Watts
Shannon Watts
stated on May 21, 2018 a tweet
"Trained police hit their targets less than 30 percent of the time."
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By John Kruzel • May 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 16, 2018 a headline
"Ohio student suspended for staying in class during National Walkout Day"
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By Amy Sherman • March 28, 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."
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By Allison Graves • March 16, 2018
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