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Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 an email to supporters
Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms."
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By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2013 a Facebook post
"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2013
Dannel Malloy
Dannel Malloy
stated on April 3, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them.
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By Molly Moorhead • April 9, 2013
B. Heath Mitchell
B. Heath Mitchell
stated on April 2, 2013 newspaper article
The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry."
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By Janel Davis • April 8, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on March 24, 2013 an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press
Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them."
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By Becky Bowers • March 26, 2013
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on March 1, 2013 a TV interview
Research found that "over the course of the existence of the Brady Bill ban, the use of assault weapons in crimes decreased by two thirds."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 11, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on January 26, 2013 a speech
More than 40 percent of sales nationally are made without background checks.
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By Michael McKinney • February 10, 2013
stated on January 29, 2013 an interview
40 percent of U.S. gun sales "are occurring outside of" licensed gun dealers.  
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February 4, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 30, 2013 a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
Says the claim that 40 percent of guns are sold without background checks traces to information gathered before background checks were even required.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 4, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on January 23, 2013 a website post
In 2009, the FBI "referred more than 71,000" cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, "but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them."
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February 3, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on January 30, 2013 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee
"As a result of National Rifle Association and other private-sector (safety-education) programs, fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in 100 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on January 24, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"Today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check."
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By Molly Moorhead • January 30, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."
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By Becky Bowers • January 28, 2013
Mike Ryan
Mike Ryan
stated on January 14, 2013 a column in a political blog
People committed involuntarily for 72 hours under the Baker Act will get their guns back "automatically and immediately upon discharge....and their commitment is never entered into a background check database."
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By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2012 an internet message
"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in West Germany and 10,728 in the United States."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2012
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on August 30, 2012 in an opinion column in USA Today
Says black women are "fastest-growing demographic group in ... Texas seeking concealed handgun licenses."
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By Sue Owen • October 5, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on July 30, 2012 an op-ed on NorthJersey.com
"Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."
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By Erin O'Neill • August 6, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on July 20, 2012 an e-mail newsletter
"As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire, unnecessary tragedies."
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By Erin O'Neill • July 27, 2012
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on July 22, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"There's a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way" at gun shows and over the Internet.
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By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • July 25, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2012 a post on the Internet
"USA is #1 in gun violence."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2012
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