Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Ted Strickland
stated on September 21, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says Rob Portman "even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 29, 2016

Tom Tancredo
stated on September 19, 2016 a fundraising email :

Says eight Americans died in a knife attack at a Minnesota mall.

By Alan Gathright • September 20, 2016

Chris Collins
stated on August 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC.:

Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment"

By Dan Clark • August 12, 2016

National Rifle Association
stated on August 10, 2016:

Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense."

By Will Doran • August 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican national convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment."

By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016

Tammy Duckworth
stated on June 8, 2016 a tweet:

Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

By Kevin Hoffman • July 15, 2016

Michael Moore
stated on June 14, 2016 a tweet after the Orlando shooting:

The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting "is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins & explodes."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 7, 2016 a rally in Washington:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to abolish the Second Amendment."

By Linda Qiu • May 11, 2016

Steve Santarsiero
stated on April 2, 2016 a campaign mailer.:

"Steve Santarsiero wrote PA’s Gun Safety Law."

By Anna Orso • April 21, 2016

John Whitbeck
stated on March 28, 2016 an email:

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns.

By Warren Fiske • April 4, 2016

Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 16, 2016 an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor":

Says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens."

By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2016 a TV interview:

"California Senator, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America, 'Give me your guns, I'm rounding 'em up,' she would."

By Chris Nichols • January 15, 2016

Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 on "Fox News Sunday":

"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."

By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on October 28, 2015 a tweet:

"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 9, 2015 his book "A More Perfect Union":

"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."

By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

Thomas Norment, Jr.
stated on October 5, 2015 a debate.:

Says "only about 2 percent" of gun sales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.

By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 7, 2015 a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa:

The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."

By Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2015

Eric Bolling
stated on August 27, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:

"In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence."

By Jon Greenberg • September 1, 2015

Allen West
stated on August 1, 2015 a blog on his website:

The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."

By Lauren Carroll • August 4, 2015

Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2015 various conservative websites:

"Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns"

By Christian Belanger • July 30, 2015

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