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Facebook posts
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
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.
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
April 30, 2015
Tim Kaine
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
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
April 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
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
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
April 15, 2015
Addicting Information
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
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
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
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
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
March 18, 2015
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
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
March 9, 2015
Paul Bedard
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
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
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
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
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
Alfonso Lopez
Alfonso Lopez
stated on January 19, 2015 a floor speech.
Ronald Reagan "banned ownership of fully automatic rifles. He supported the assault weapons ban."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 4, 2015
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 19, 2015
Assault weapons and handguns are allowed in the state Capitol while bullhorns, trumpets, helium balloons and flags on poles are banned.
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • January 26, 2015
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