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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2014 in a speech to the NRA:
"No other country has a constitutional right" like the Second Amendment.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 29, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 3, 2014 in a chain email:
Because the EPA closed a lead smelter in Missouri, "all lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2014
Nia-Malika Henderson
Nia-Malika Henderson
stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on MSNBC:
"Democrats very much are in the pocket of the NRA."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house:
"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 17, 2014 in a chain email:
Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2014
Americans for Responsible Solutions
Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on February 26, 2014 in press release:
"Georgia lawmakers are now considering passing the most extreme gun bill in America."
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • March 5, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 18, 2014 in a public meeting:
Even though Chicago has "the most stringent gun laws on the books," it still "has the highest murder rate" in the country.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2014
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on February 14, 2014 in a news release:
Gun "marketplaces" on Facebook mean "ANYONE can broker a deal on a gun online, meet the seller in a parking lot somewhere, and walk away with a weapon."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims • February 27, 2014
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on February 24, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"I've been a cop in Lake County, Michigan, since 1982 thereabout. I conduct federal raids with the DEA and ATF and U.S. Marshals and the FBI and Texas Rangers."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2014
Mary Margaret Oliver
Mary Margaret Oliver
stated on February 18, 2014 in a meeting:
More than 80 percent of Georgians don’t support legislation to ease gun restrictions in houses of worship, in bars and on campuses.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 26, 2014
Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin
stated on February 19, 2014 in a television ad:
"Mitch McConnell voted with Harry Reid to infringe on our gun rights."
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • February 24, 2014
Oregon Citizens Lobby
Oregon Citizens Lobby
stated on February 6, 2014 in a legislative hearing tweet:
Kip Kinkel and Clackamas Town Center shootings "both where citizen with gun stopped the crime"
False
By Dana Tims • February 12, 2014
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on January 29, 2014 in a blog post:
"According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2014
Richard August
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 in a Providence Journal commentary:
Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
Lisa Bloom
Lisa Bloom
stated on January 14, 2014 in an interview with Piers Morgan:
"Americans are 20 times as likely to die from gun violence as citizens of other civilized countries."  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 17, 2014
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on December 15, 2013 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
A gun "background check is futile. Something like 42 (people during the) last year … were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a criminal record out of 11 million."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2013
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 3, 2013 in a radio interview:
"The vast, overwhelming majority of [crimes that occur with a firearm] are committed by people who don’t legally possess that firearm in the first place."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 15, 2013
Howard Fineman
Howard Fineman
stated on December 10, 2013 in comments on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes":
Says Rep. Steve Stockman "basically wants gun-filled zones in schools."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2013
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on December 3, 2013 in a news release:
Passing a federal firearms "background check through the NICS database . . . typically takes 90 seconds."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 8, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on December 4, 2013 in a broadcast of MSNBC's Politics Nation:
The "priorities" of more than three-quarters of Americans are to increase the minimum wage, create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and require background checks for gun buyers.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2013
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