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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on December 8, 2015 a tweet
"91% of suspected terrorists who attempted to buy guns in America walked away with the weapon they wanted."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 29, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson
stated on December 7, 2015 a speech
"Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 17, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview with George Stephanopoulos
The Charleston, S.C., shooter "should have never been given a gun, but the universal background check was not fast enough."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • December 6, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • December 6, 2015
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on November 19, 2015 House Judiciary Committee hearing on his bill allowing concealed carry on college campuses
Oregon’s Umpqua Community College "where the shooting occurred was a gun-free zone."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 24, 2015
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT
stated on October 29, 2015 web site blog post
"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."  
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • November 23, 2015
Marion Hammer
Marion Hammer
stated on November 1, 2015 a column on the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action website
"Forty-five states allow open carry of firearms."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • November 18, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a debate in Iowa
"Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 17, 2015
Courageous Conservatives PAC
Courageous Conservatives PAC
stated on November 6, 2015 a video ad posted online
"After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obama’s push for new gun control laws."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 28, 2015 a tweet
"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on October 15, 2015 an executive order.
"It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows." 
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 2, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2015 a speech
"There have been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year – more than any other country in the world."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • November 1, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 9, 2015 his book "A More Perfect Union"
"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."    
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015
Thomas Norment, Jr.
Thomas Norment, Jr.
stated on October 5, 2015 a debate.
Says "only about 2 percent" of gun sales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.
False
By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 15, 2015 a speech in San Antonio
"We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 7, 2015 a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa
The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate
"Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill."
True
By Linda Qiu • October 14, 2015
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 6, 2015 a press conference
"In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 2, 2015 a tweet
"380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2015
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