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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Georgia Gun Owners
Georgia Gun Owners
stated on October 30, 2022 an ad
"Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed."
Pants on Fire!
November 3, 2022
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 22, 2022 Radio ad
Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”
Mostly False
By Ben Wells • October 31, 2022
A Better Wisconsin Together
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on September 12, 2022 Campaign ad
Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns."
True
By D.L. Davis • October 24, 2022
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 a speech
New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 17, 2022 an Instagram post
There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.
False
October 21, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 16, 2022 an Instagram post
A video shows an actor “getting into character before his press interview less than 24 hours after the supposed killing of his 6-year-old daughter."
Pants on Fire!
October 20, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 4, 2022 Public statement
"To call what happened on January 6 an armed insurrection, I just think is not accurate."
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • October 10, 2022
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 On Fox News
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Mostly False
October 5, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 a campaign event
Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 28, 2022 an Instagram post
Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808.
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 3, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 a campaign ad
Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2022 an image on Facebook
“The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 22, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 29, 2022 a tweet
"38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore."
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • July 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2022 a Facebook post
Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 12, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on July 5, 2022 a tweet
Says an image shows the Highland Park shooting suspect "in jail or rehab or a psychiatric center" before the shooting.
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 5, 2022
Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on June 23, 2022 a TV segment
No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting."
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 28, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 27, 2022 News release
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • June 28, 2022
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2022 a tweet.
“In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
True
By Warren Fiske • June 24, 2022
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on June 5, 2022 TV interview
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
False
By Madeline Heim • June 21, 2022
Gun Owners of America
Gun Owners of America
stated on June 8, 2022 a tweet
“U.S. House of Reps. votes 226-194 to criminalize disassembling, cleaning, and re-assembling your gun without a firearm manufacturer’s license, including 8 Republicans!”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • June 17, 2022
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