Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 a speech to the NRA
Florida has "issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked."  
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By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2016
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez
stated on May 11, 2016 a debate
"The Brady Campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2016
Michael Roberson
Michael Roberson
stated on April 13, 2016 a Web ad
Says Danny Tarkanian is "NRA ‘F’ Rated."
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By Riley Snyder • May 3, 2016
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on April 28, 2016 an episode of "Inside Amy Schumer"
"You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show."
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By Lauren Carroll • April 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 29, 2016 a forum
About "1 percent of all the gun sellers are responsible for more than half of the guns that are used in crimes."
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April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 a Democratic debate in New York
"We have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns."
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By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 11, 2016 an event in Port Washington, N.Y.
"The state that has the highest per capita number of … guns that end up committing crimes in New York come from Vermont."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 6, 2016 a CNN interview
Says Bernie Sanders "wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns."
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By Lauren Carroll • April 8, 2016
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on March 8, 2016 a Facebook meme
The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 14, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on February 24, 2016 a campaign rally.
"Every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of American households owning guns."
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By Sean Gorman • March 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
Says he supported the 1994 crime bill because "there is a ban on assault weapons in that bill."
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By Linda Qiu • February 28, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT
stated on October 29, 2015 web site blog post
"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."  
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By Filipa Ioannou • November 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a debate in Iowa
"Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 17, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2015 a speech
"There have been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year – more than any other country in the world."  
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By Mark Reynolds • November 1, 2015
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 6, 2015 a press conference
"In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 2, 2015 a tweet
"380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."  
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By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on October 2, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2015
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