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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 18, 2013 a tweet from Barack Obama's Twitter feed
"Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 19, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks."
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By Michael McKinney • May 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 a speech from the White House Rose Garden
A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry.  Plain and simple, right there in the text."
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By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
"The NRA used to support expanded background checks."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
stated on April 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "New York Times"
Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks."  
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By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 2, 2013 a CNN interview
Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."
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By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on March 28, 2013 a press conference.
Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2013
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on March 31, 2013 an interview on 'Fox News Sunday'
Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check."
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By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2013
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on February 21, 2013 an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton
"In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence."
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By Caryn Shinske • March 31, 2013
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on March 24, 2013 an appearance on 'Meet the Press'
"If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 26, 2013
Nan Orrock
Nan Orrock
stated on March 4, 2013 a speech
"More than 80 percent of Americans believe we need to have universal background checks."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 12, 2013
James Florio
James Florio
stated on February 16, 2013 an interview on Governors' Perspective
"We have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. That’s almost as big as the population."
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By Caryn Shinske • March 7, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2013 in a speech
"A majority of Americans agree with" a ban on assault weapons. "And by the way, so did Ronald Reagan."  
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By Janel Davis • February 5, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 a tweet
Says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.
True
By Sue Owen • January 30, 2013
Mark Shields
Mark Shields
stated on December 21, 2012 the PBS NewsHour
Since 1968, "more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 8, 2013 on Facebook
In 2011, more people were murdered with knives, "hands or feet" or "clubs and hammers" than with any type of rifle.
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By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on December 18, 2012
"Connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 2, 2013
Ginny Burdick
Ginny Burdick
stated on December 12, 2012 an email
"Even hunters are restricted from using large capacity magazines: there is a five cartridge limit for large game hunting, and three for bird hunting."
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By Janie Har • December 28, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 13, 2012 a Fox News interview
Florida has "more concealed weapons permits than any other state."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on July 24, 2012 a news conference
Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy."
True
By Bill Wichert • August 1, 2012
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