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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 24, 2017 a speech at CPAC
"According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 14, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 15, 2017 an interview with Willie Geist
"You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation, economically and otherwise."
True
By Marc Filippino • February 23, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 12, 2017 an inteview on CBS4
"Most of these mass shootings take place in (areas) where you're not allowed to have a concealed weapons permit."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 a CNN town hall
Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 2, 2017
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos
stated on January 17, 2017 her Senate confirmation hearing
"I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2017
Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference
"Florida is ranked 50th in the nation for mental health care funding."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2017
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on December 14, 2016 a tweet
"Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 27, 2016
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on December 15, 2016 a radio interview.
Says President Barack Obama "has not condemned" shootings targeting police.
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • December 27, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 13, 2016 a tweet
Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2016
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 9, 2016 a press conference.
California has seen a "56 percent decline in the gun murder rate" since the 1990s.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate
In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city.
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 31, 2016 a rally in Cincinnati
Says of Donald Trump, "He even said, on his very first day in office, he would require every school in America to let people carry guns into our classrooms."
True
By Lauren Carroll • November 1, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on October 3, 2016 a debate
"With her solution, terrorists can still today — and by the way ISIS knows it, they have been advertising it — buy guns online and at gun shows in the United States of America."
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • October 24, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 the Ohio Senate debate
Says Ted Strickland "in this campaign bragged about his A-plus rating with the NRA. ... He has said he has a mixed and spotty record on this issue and that he can be criticized for it. Those are his words, not mine. So I don’t know where he is on this issue."
True
By Nadia Pflaum • October 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 9, 2016 a TV ad
"During his 18-year Senate career, (Russ Feingold) supported judges who voted to deny your individual Second Amendment right. … (He) promises to protect those rights, but that's not what his record shows."  
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • October 19, 2016
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on September 16, 2016 a campaign tweet
Says Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold "continues to side with his Republican leadership and the NRA in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • October 18, 2016
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 8, 2016 a flier.
Hillary Clinton said gun confiscation "would be worth considering."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 17, 2016
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 4, 2016 a campaign mailer
Says Patrick Murphy "supports a gun ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self defense."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • October 11, 2016
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