Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Chris Taylor
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.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • May 22, 2020
Joe Biden
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.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2020
Robin Vos
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."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • November 26, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on September 23, 2019 a speech
Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2019
Gina Hinojosa
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.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019
Philip Van Cleave
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."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 13, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2019 a speech
"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 28, 2019 the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.
"No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking."
Mostly True
By Kit Norton • July 3, 2019
Creigh Deeds
Creigh Deeds
stated on June 11, 2019 radio interview.
Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 19, 2019
Cory Booker
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%."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2019
Jerrold Nadler
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."
Mostly True
By Yanqi Xu • February 14, 2019
Matt Gaetz
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."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
Mostly True
By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
"Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 28, 2018
Andrew Gillum
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."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2018
Bloggers
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."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2018
Gwen Graham
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."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign website
"Since 1999, firearm deaths in Ohio have risen 58 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2018
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on March 21, 2018
"States that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 24, 2018
Michael Screnock
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."
Mostly True
March 21, 2018
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