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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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By Tom Kertscher • 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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By Tom Kertscher • 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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