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Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on November 19, 2015 House Judiciary Committee hearing on his bill allowing concealed carry on college campuses
Oregon’s Umpqua Community College "where the shooting occurred was a gun-free zone."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 24, 2015
Courageous Conservatives PAC
Courageous Conservatives PAC
stated on November 6, 2015 a video ad posted online
"After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obama’s push for new gun control laws."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on October 15, 2015 an executive order.
"It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows." 
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 17, 2015 a town hall in Carson City, Nevada
"A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 18, 2015 remarks at the White House
"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on May 6, 2015 a press release
"Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia – a state that last year did the NRA’s bidding and weakened its already lax gun laws."
Mostly False
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 12, 2015
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on April 26, 2015 an interview
The man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was "back on the street" because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only "served two years."  
Mostly False
April 30, 2015
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 16, 2015 a floor speech.
"It’s estimated that 40 percent of all the guns that are sold in the United States occur with no background records check."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2015
Florida News Flash
Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 a website headline
"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
stated on March 16, 2015 Florida Senate higher education committee hearing
"According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2015
Paul Bedard
Paul Bedard
stated on February 27, 2015 an opinion piece in the "Washington Examiner"
Says "President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country ... with a ban on one of the most-used" assault rifle bullets.    
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2015
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on December 10, 2014 a recent report
Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • December 19, 2014
Mark Shields
Mark Shields
stated on October 10, 2014 a broadcast of PBS' "Newshour"
Republicans "made it easier to buy a gun" in states they won in 2010.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 16, 2014
GeorgiaCarry.org
GeorgiaCarry.org
stated on April 9, 2014 an interview with Georgia Public Broadcasting
Since 1999, 440 people have been killed in attacks on church property in the United States.  
Mostly False
By April Hunt • August 1, 2014
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
stated on June 17, 2014 a gun-control rally claim
An average of nine children a day in the U.S. die of gunshot wounds.
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 27, 2014
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on June 11, 2014 an infographic that went viral
There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Pierre Thomas
Pierre Thomas
stated on May 25, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
From 2000 to 2008, we averaged "about five mass shootings a year. We're now averaging 15. So that's a three-fold increase."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 28, 2014
Nia-Malika Henderson
Nia-Malika Henderson
stated on April 16, 2014 comments on MSNBC
"Democrats very much are in the pocket of the NRA."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
Americans for Responsible Solutions
Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on February 26, 2014 press release
"Georgia lawmakers are now considering passing the most extreme gun bill in America."
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • March 5, 2014
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on December 4, 2013 a broadcast of MSNBC's Politics Nation
The "priorities" of more than three-quarters of Americans are to increase the minimum wage, create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and require background checks for gun buyers.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2013
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