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Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 press conference:

Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015

Russell Brand
stated on May 26, 2015 an episode of 'The Trews':

"The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation."

False

By Katie Sanders • June 2, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2015 a Facebook post:

Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."

False

By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on May 6, 2015 a press release:

"Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia – a state that last year did the NRA’s bidding and weakened its already lax gun laws."

Mostly False

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 12, 2015

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on April 26, 2015 an interview:

The man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was "back on the street" because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only "served two years."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • April 30, 2015

Tim Kaine
stated on April 16, 2015 a floor speech.:

"It’s estimated that 40 percent of all the guns that are sold in the United States occur with no background records check."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2015

Van Wanggaard
stated on April 21, 2015 a legislative floor debate:

"There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on April 10, 2015 a speech to the NRA:

Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2015

Edward Flynn
stated on April 14, 2015 a news conference:

In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2015

Addicting Information
stated on April 4, 2015 an infographic on the Addicting Info website:

"U.S. police killed more people in just one month than the U.K.’s did in over a century."

False

By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2015

Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 a website headline:

"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015

Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 a Florida House judiciary committee hearing:

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

False

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015

Florida Students for Concealed Carry
stated on March 16, 2015 Florida Senate higher education committee hearing:

"According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2015

Lena Taylor
stated on March 12, 2015 a news release:

Polling shows that nearly 74 percent of National Rifle Association members "support requiring background checks for all gun sales."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2015

Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
stated on January 9, 2015 an open letter:

"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2015

Paul Bedard
stated on February 27, 2015 an opinion piece in the "Washington Examiner":

Says "President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country ... with a ban on one of the most-used" assault rifle bullets.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2015

Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing:

"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2015 a meme on social media:

Say George Washington said that "when government takes away citizens’ right to bear arms it becomes citizens’ duty to take away government’s right to govern."

False

By Audrey Bowler • February 20, 2015

Lori Haas
stated on January 19, 2015 a news conference:

In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • February 16, 2015

Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 a telephone interview with CNN:

A Texas law says "that you can’t shoot bears out of the second floor of a window."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

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