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stated on May 24, 2022 Facebook post
This image shows the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 25, 2022
Steve Kerr
Steve Kerr
stated on May 24, 2022 remarks to the media
“90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2022
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview
“50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”
False
May 25, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview with CNN
“Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 a Facebook post
Photos of a person in a skirt show the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter.
False
May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 foto publicada en Facebook
Esta imagen muestra a las víctimas del tiroteo en la escuela en Uvalde Texas.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 a post
The Uvalde, Texas, mass shooter was an “illegal alien.”
False
By Monique Curet • May 25, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on April 9, 2022 TV interview
In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • May 24, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 14, 2022 Twitter posts
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • May 18, 2022
Ohio Gun Owners
Ohio Gun Owners
stated on April 21, 2022 an ad
Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns."
False
May 2, 2022
Dave McCormick
Dave McCormick
stated on April 4, 2022 an ad
Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns."
Mostly True
April 15, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2022 a Facebook post
The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 14, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2022 a press conference
“You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed."
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 12, 2022
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on February 2, 2022 Public statement
"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 18, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 7, 2022 an ad on Facebook
“Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 10, 2022
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on November 19, 2021 Twitter
Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.
False
By Laura Schulte • November 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 a post on Facebook
“500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.”
False
By Monique Curet • November 17, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
Half-True
November 17, 2021
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Viral image
stated on November 13, 2021 a viral image
Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.
False
November 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2021 a post
President Joe Biden threatened to “swoop down with Special Forces folks and gather up every gun in America.”
False
By Monique Curet • November 9, 2021
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