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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.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 14, 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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Greenville Gazette
Greenville Gazette
stated on February 1, 2015 an article:
Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."
Half-True
By Andy East • November 6, 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
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."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 answering a reporter in Iowa:
"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2015
Hans von Spakovsky
Hans von Spakovsky
stated on July 9, 2015 an article on the Heritage Foundation website:
"134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 16, 2015
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on June 16, 2015 a written statement.:
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2015
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on June 7, 2015 a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight":
Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 12, 2015
Robert Puente
Robert Puente
stated on May 12, 2015 remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council:
If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 13, 2015 a tweet:
"You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2015
Danny Porter
Danny Porter
stated on May 4, 2015 an interview with AM750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB radio:
"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 6, 2015
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
stated on January 9, 2015 an open letter:
"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2015
Lori Haas
Lori Haas
stated on January 19, 2015 a news conference:
In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed."  
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 16, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:
Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 27, 2015 a Senate floor speech:
More "than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in America are U.S. citizens."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2015
James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 an email blast:
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday':
"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on November 21, 2014 press release:
Georgia has the country’s second highest number of fraudulent tax refund claims.  
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 14, 2014
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