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Ted Nugent
stated on February 24, 2014 comments on CNN:

"I've been a cop in Lake County, Michigan, since 1982 thereabout. I conduct federal raids with the DEA and ATF and U.S. Marshals and the FBI and Texas Rangers."

By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2014

Matt Bevin
stated on February 19, 2014 a television ad:

"Mitch McConnell voted with Harry Reid to infringe on our gun rights."

By Steve Contorno • February 24, 2014

Allen West
stated on December 2, 2013 a blog on his website:

"Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States" due to "Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency."

By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2013

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"

By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013

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."

By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013

Chain email
stated on August 12, 2013 a document shared via email and social media:

A United Nations working group has "adopted a proposed agenda" to enable member nations to "disarm civilians within their borders."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013

Harry Alford
stated on February 22, 2013 a news conference:

The National Rifle Association was "founded by religious leaders who wanted to protect freed slaves from the Ku Klux Klan."

By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2013

National Association for Gun Rights
stated on February 27, 2013 a TV ad.:

U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell "wants gun owners in a federal registration system."

By Nancy Madsen • March 18, 2013

Bill Jackson
stated on February 11, 2013 a meeting:

"There’s more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and AK-47s."

By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on February 13, 2013 an interview:

"There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns."

By Eric Stirgus • February 20, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on January 10, 2013 a news conference:

"We just had someone last week in Neenah near a school kill someone with a bow and arrow."

By James B. Nelson • January 28, 2013

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
stated on January 17, 2013 in a video:

Says U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., celebrates gun ownership even in the face of school shootings.

By Janel Davis • January 25, 2013

Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2012 a Facebook posting:

"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013

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.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012

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.’ "

By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 2012

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2012

Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post:

Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011

Jeff Wentworth
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews":

"We don’t have bars on campus in Texas. It’s against the law... no alcohol allowed."

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2011

Hector Uribe
stated on January 11, 2010 a press release:

Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2010

Chain email
stated on November 1, 2009 an e-mail circulated to many people.:

You must list all your guns on your 2010 tax return.

By Ian Jannetta • November 2, 2009

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