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Ted Nugent
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."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2014
Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin
stated on February 19, 2014 a television ad
"Mitch McConnell voted with Harry Reid to infringe on our gun rights."
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By Steve Contorno • February 24, 2014
Allen West
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."
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By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2013
Mr. Conservative
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"
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By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013
Mike Huckabee
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013
Chain email
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013
Harry Alford
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."
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June 5, 2013
National Association for Gun Rights
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."
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By Nancy Madsen • March 18, 2013
Bill Jackson
Bill Jackson
stated on February 11, 2013 a meeting
"There’s more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and AK-47s."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on February 13, 2013 an interview
"There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 20, 2013
Scott Walker
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."
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By James B. Nelson • January 28, 2013
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
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.
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By Janel Davis • January 25, 2013
Facebook posts
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!!!"
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013
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.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 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.’ "
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 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."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2012
Facebook posts
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011
Jeff Wentworth
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."
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February 26, 2011
Hector Uribe
Hector Uribe
stated on January 11, 2010 a press release
Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2010
Chain email
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.
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By Ian Jannetta • November 2, 2009
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