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Chris Taylor
stated on December 13, 2019 news release:

“Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”

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By Laura Schulte • May 22, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on March 5, 2020 an interview with NBC:

Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.”

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By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2020

Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview:

Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."

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By Eric Litke • November 26, 2019

Richard Durbin
stated on September 23, 2019 a speech:

Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.

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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2019

Gina Hinojosa
stated on September 4, 2019 a press conference:

"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.

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By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019

Philip Van Cleave
stated on August 8, 2019 a radio interview.:

"Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check."

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By Warren Fiske • August 13, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2019 a speech:

"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."

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By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 28, 2019 the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.:

"No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking."

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By Kit Norton • July 3, 2019

Creigh Deeds
stated on June 11, 2019 radio interview.:

Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."

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By Warren Fiske • June 19, 2019

Cory Booker
stated on May 12, 2019 an interview on ABC This Week:

"When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."

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By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2019

Jerrold Nadler
stated on February 6, 2019 a committee hearing:

"In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."

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By Yanqi Xu • February 14, 2019

Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 an interview on CNN:

"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."

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By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019

Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet:

"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.

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By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018

Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet:

"Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."

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By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 28, 2018

Andrew Gillum
stated on August 29, 2018 an MSNBC interview:

Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby "all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn’t shoot guns in city parks."

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By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2018

Bloggers
stated on July 31, 2018 a blog post:

Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense."

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By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2018

Gwen Graham
stated on May 18, 2018 a Facebook post:

"So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2018

Richard Cordray
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign website:

"Since 1999, firearm deaths in Ohio have risen 58 percent."

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By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2018

Doug Jones
stated on March 21, 2018:

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

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By John Kruzel • March 24, 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."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2018

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