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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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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
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 12, 2012 a mailer:
Says Barack Obama is "trying to slash funding for the Armed Pilots Program designed to prevent terror attacks."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 11, 2012 a mailer:
Says Barack Obama’s regulatory adviser Cass Sunstein, "wants to ban hunting and says animals should be represented in court."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 13, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 12, 2012 a mailer:
Says Barack Obama "supported Ted Kennedy’s ammo ban to outlaw all deer-hunting ammunition."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 13, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on May 9, 2012 a floor speech.:
"According to ATF data, 70 percent of firearms recovered and traced in drug cartel crimes in Mexico originated from the United States."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • May 29, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on May 16, 2012 a radio ad:
Says Tom Barrett "voted to ban 15 different kinds of guns, even a lot of common deer rifles."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 13, 2012 various public statements:
On gun policy
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
Craig James
Craig James
stated on May 16, 2012 a speech in Tyler, Texas.:
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are negotiating with the United Nations about doing a treaty that will ban the use of firearms."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on April 26, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor:
Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 3, 2012
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association:
"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."  
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation":
"The bulk of the people who are shot with a weapon — other than these drug gangs taking on one another — end up being shot with their own weapon."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 16, 2012
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
stated on March 27, 2012 a congressional briefing:
The Florida Department of Agriculture’s website FreshFromFlorida.com can be used "to get a permit to carry a loaded hidden gun without ever leaving your house."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2012
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 21, 2012 a press release:
Since Florida passed the "stand your ground" law in 2005, deaths due to self-defense have jumped over 250 percent.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2012
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on February 9, 2012 an interview:
Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 19, 2012
Glenford Shibley
Glenford Shibley
stated on December 9, 2011 a news release:
"Rhode Island is the only state where officers at state-supported [colleges] carry out their duties unarmed."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • March 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 23, 2012 a television ad:
Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA."
True
By Molly Moorhead • February 29, 2012
Janet Howell
Janet Howell
stated on February 10, 2012 a TV interview.:
"It’s going to be harder to vote in Virginia than it is now to buy a gun..."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • February 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Cobb County:
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 10, 2012 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Barack Obama "endorsed a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 13, 2012
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