Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2019 a Facebook post

Says Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is planning to cut off the electricity "so Virginia residents cannot reveal what is happening once gun confiscation begins to take place."

By Daniel Funke • December 20, 2019

Mike Adams
stated on November 27, 2019 a blog.

A state senate bill would "criminalize a father teaching his own son how to use a hunting rifle."

By Warren Fiske • December 17, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2019 a Facebook post

Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana.

By Samantha Putterman • September 24, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2019 a Facebook post

Says the Philadelphia shootings were "fake" and that police officers sprayed "fake blood on themselves."

By Daniel Funke • August 19, 2019

Viral image
stated on August 12, 2019 a post on Facebook

The daughter of a Donald Trump appointee posed as an El Paso shooting victim in a photo with the president.

August 14, 2019

Viral image
stated on August 8, 2019 a post on Facebook

Says a crisis actor played the parts of a shooting victim and the mothers of shooting victims in Las Vegas, Orlando and Thousand Oaks.

August 14, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook post

Quotes Rep. Kevin McCarthy as saying "there are no mass shootings in Japan because there are no video games there."

By Samantha Putterman • August 12, 2019

Ron Tusler
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post

"Less mass shootings under Trump!"

By Eric Litke • August 6, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 Facebook posts

The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."

By Daniel Funke • August 5, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 2, 2019 a Fox News town hall

"Remember after the shooting in Las Vegas, (President Donald Trump) said, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to ban the bump stocks.’ Did he ban the bump stocks? No."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2019

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stated on April 16, 2013 a Facebook post

Says a Wisconsin welcome sign includes a message warning "criminals and terrorists" that over "170,000 Wisconsin residents have a legal permit to carry a handgun."

By Samantha Putterman • May 30, 2019

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stated on January 21, 2019 a post on Facebook

Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "owning guns IS NOT a right, if it were a right it would be in the Constitution."

January 24, 2019

Common Sense News
stated on May 3, 2018 a blog post

Says the "Pope calls for world wide gun confiscation except for the UN"

By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2018

TheNewYorkEvening.com
stated on May 8, 2018 a fake news blog post

"Pope Francis: Gun owners ‘can’t call themselves Christian’"

By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2018

Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2018 a tweet

David Hogg graduated from Redondo Shores High School in 2015.

By Manuela Tobias • March 30, 2018

Beverly Boswell
stated on March 27, 2018 a Facebook post

Many March for Our Lives speakers called for "the murder of those who would not turn over their guns to the government."

By Paul Specht • March 29, 2018

Tom King
stated on March 26, 2018 a radio interview

A bill in Congress "will ban all semi-automatic weapons, including pistols and shotguns. So, yes, they are coming to take away our guns."

By Dan Clark • March 29, 2018

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stated on March 20, 2018 In a meme

"The United States is 3rd in murders throughout the world. If you remove Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and New Orleans, the United States is then 189th out of 193 countries in the entire world."

By Manuela Tobias • March 28, 2018

National Rifle Association
stated on March 21, 2018 a segment on NRATV

"March For Our Lives is backed by radicals with a history of violent threats, language and actions."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2018

Larry Pittman
stated on February 15, 2018 a Facebook post

"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."

By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018

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