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Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on November 19, 2013 an online campaign video
"Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent" since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 27, 2013
Larry Ashley
Larry Ashley
stated on November 7, 2013 a Florida House criminal justice subcommittee hearing
"Florida sheriffs unequivocally support" the "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on the "Tonight Show"
"Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 15, 2013
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on November 12, 2013 a Web post
Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 a donation web page
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on September 25, 2013 a debate.
Virginia is "the number one state per capita in screening out people with mental illness from gun purchases."  
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 7, 2013
Georgia Gun Owners
Georgia Gun Owners
stated on August 10, 2013 a flier
Says "Nathan Deal killed pro-gun bills in 2013."  
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • October 1, 2013
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 18, 2013 an interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper"
Mental health provisions related to mass shootings "got over 90 votes in the Senate."
True
By Steve Gilbert • September 24, 2013
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton
stated on September 16, 2013 a press conference
"There are more guns than there are people in the United States."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • September 19, 2013
S.E. Cupp
S.E. Cupp
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"The CDC issued a report commissioned by President Obama just earlier this year, and it found some very inconvenient facts. Armed citizens are less likely harmed by attackers. Effectiveness of gun control laws is mixed. Gun buybacks don't work."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 18, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on September 12, 2013 a press release
An average of seven children in America are killed by guns every day.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 18, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on August 16, 2013 a guest column
"Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent."
True
By Janie Har • September 7, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on July 25, 2013 a web ad.
"Rep. Frank Wolf voted to allow terror suspects to buy guns."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • September 6, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2013 a tweet.
Says Ken Cuccinelli supported a law that could allow people to carry missile launchers into airports.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • September 3, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 20, 2013 a Facebook post
"America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on August 19, 2013 a letter forwarded to PolitiFact
Says U.N. arms treaty will mandate a "new international gun registry."
False
By Sue Owen • August 28, 2013
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on April 15, 2013 an ad shared on social media
The book Little Red Riding Hood is something "that’s been banned in America," but not assault weapons.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2013
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on August 16, 2013 a guest column
Says "your Legislative Assembly was within one vote of enacting each of those bills into Oregon law."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 24, 2013
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on August 12, 2013 an opinion column on NJ.com
"Polls show that 96 percent of New Jerseyans – and 95 percent of gun households in the state – support expanding background checks to keep guns away from those who shouldn’t have them."
True
By Caryn Shinske • August 18, 2013
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