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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on March 31, 2023 a segment on “The Ingraham Angle"
Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state Capitol floor.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 4, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 28, 2023 a speech
In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 28, 2023 social media posts
The Nashville shooter was wearing different pairs of shoes before and after being killed.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 31, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 29, 2023 an Instagram post
“The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • March 31, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2023 a screenshot shared on Facebook
Photo of person holding sign shows the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville, Tennessee, school.
False
By Madison Czopek • March 30, 2023
Ashbey Beasley
Ashbey Beasley
stated on March 27, 2023 a statement to the media
“Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2023
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on March 16, 2023 a candidate's forum
On red flag laws.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2023 an Instagram post
Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.”
False
February 28, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 20, 2023 a Facebook post
Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
Half-True
February 23, 2023
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 13, 2023 social media posts
“Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 15, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2023 a Facebook post
The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2023
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on January 31, 2023 a floor speech.
“You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.”
False
By Warren Fiske • February 7, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 30, 2023 a tweet
"(Ron) DeSantis' bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • February 6, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 23, 2023 a tweet
“The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.”
Mostly True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 25, 2023
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on November 15, 2022 Twitter
In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
True
By D.L. Davis • December 9, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2022 a video
“They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • December 2, 2022
Cliff Hayes
Cliff Hayes
stated on November 23, 2022 a TV interview.
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • December 2, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 an interview on CNN
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on November 20, 2022 a tweet
The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.”
Pants on Fire!
By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2022
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on October 10, 2022 an ad
“Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.”
True
By Renee Romo • November 9, 2022
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