Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 11, 2012 a mailer
Says Barack Obama’s regulatory adviser Cass Sunstein, "wants to ban hunting and says animals should be represented in court."
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 13, 2012
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association
"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."  
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By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"The bulk of the people who are shot with a weapon — other than these drug gangs taking on one another — end up being shot with their own weapon."
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By Molly Moorhead • April 16, 2012
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 21, 2012 a press release
Since Florida passed the "stand your ground" law in 2005, deaths due to self-defense have jumped over 250 percent.
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By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2012
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on February 9, 2012 an interview
Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."
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March 19, 2012
Janet Howell
Janet Howell
stated on February 10, 2012 a TV interview.
"It’s going to be harder to vote in Virginia than it is now to buy a gun..."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 27, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on November 16, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"We haven't had any legislation which took away one gun in the past 20 years from anybody in this country--not one." 
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By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on November 18, 2011 a fundraising letter
Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’
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By Lynn Arditi • January 1, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a campaign advertisement
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on an assault weapons ban.
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By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2011
John Birch Society
John Birch Society
stated on November 4, 2011 an article on the group's website
Under a Wisconsin bill, "minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses."
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November 14, 2011
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
stated on October 30, 2011 website article, emails, direct mail
"People are five to seven times more likely to be murdered in workplaces that allow firearms than in those that prohibit it."
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November 7, 2011
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 7, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
"We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history."
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 3, 2011
Pierre Thomas
Pierre Thomas
stated on January 9, 2011 a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2011
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on October 22, 2010 campaign literature distributed to district residents
Says Leah "Vukmir supports allowing people to carry concealed weapons into day care centers, churches, health care clinics and playgrounds."
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October 23, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2009 a news conference.
"More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States."
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April 17, 2009
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
stated on July 24, 2008 a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.
Says Obama flip-flopped on banning handguns.
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By Bill Adair • July 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 26, 2008
"Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban."
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July 8, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 21, 2007 article on his campaign Web site
We live in "a time of historically low violent crime rates and historically high gun ownership rates nationally."
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August 29, 2007
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