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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 23, 2012 a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 27, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2012 an internet message
"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in West Germany and 10,728 in the United States."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 27, 2012 a chain email.
Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on August 30, 2012 in an opinion column in USA Today
Says black women are "fastest-growing demographic group in ... Texas seeking concealed handgun licenses."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 5, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 an anti-Nelson mailer
Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, "who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 26, 2012
Stacey Campfield
Stacey Campfield
stated on September 11, 2012 a post on his blog.
Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do."
False
By Richard Locker • September 26, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 on NRA ILA's website
"Bill Nelson voted for a ban on millions of commonly owned firearms, which included many popular hunting and target rifles."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview on Univision
"Fast and Furious" began under the Bush administration.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 24, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 29, 2012 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times
Says Charlie Crist "was pro-life, pro-gun and vehemently anti-tax."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 13, 2012 a Fox News interview
Florida has "more concealed weapons permits than any other state."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2012
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on August 10, 2012 a YouTube video
A United Nations arms treaty would "almost certainly force" the U.S. to "create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 10, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 5, 2012 an interview posted on BlueJersey.com
"One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on July 30, 2012 an op-ed on NorthJersey.com
"Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 6, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on July 24, 2012 a news conference
Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy."
True
By Bill Wichert • August 1, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on July 20, 2012 an e-mail newsletter
"As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire, unnecessary tragedies."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 27, 2012
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on July 22, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"There's a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way" at gun shows and over the Internet.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • July 25, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2012 a post on the Internet
"USA is #1 in gun violence."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2012 on the Internet
"Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. That's 270 people a day and 87 dead."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 11, 2012 a mailer
Says Barack "Obama admits he’s coming for our guns, telling Sarah Brady, ‘We are working on (gun control), but under the radar.’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 2012
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