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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 19, 2018 a speech
An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 23, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on August 29, 2018 a debate between Democratic candidates for governor, at Hofstra University.
"We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2018
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet
On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 5, 2018 a blog post
"US representatives promise implement of UN gun-control plans"
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 23, 2018 a CNN town hall
A recent spending bill had at least "$1.6 billion in there ... for schools to give them an opportunity to secure them."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2018
Giffords
Giffords
stated on March 13, 2018 an ad
"Paul Ryan has blocked all action to strengthen our gun laws."  
Mostly False
April 6, 2018
Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview in Milwaukee
"A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
Mostly False
March 16, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
"The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2018
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview
Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • March 6, 2018
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on February 25, 2018 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2018
Ted Deutch
Ted Deutch
stated on February 21, 2018 a CNN town hall
"Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 23, 2018
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on February 20, 2018 a TV ad
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 23, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 18, 2018 on the Internet
In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2018
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield
stated on February 14, 2018 a tweet
"In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1."
Mostly False
February 15, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 6, 2017 a conference call
"Bump stocks are already illegal in the state of New York. You can't buy one."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • November 17, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 Fox News interview
"The Democrats filibustered the legislation that would’ve resulted in this shooter being in federal prison instead of murdering those innocents in that Texas church."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • November 10, 2017
Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano
stated on November 5, 2017 a tweet
"There are no background checks on long guns (AR15s) in Texas."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 4, 2017 a Facebook post
"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 25, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on August 2, 2017 an op-ed for The Buffalo News
"Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • August 11, 2017
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House floor speech
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
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