Guns Scorecard true 0% 93 Checks mostly-true 0% 153 Checks Half True 0% 139 Checks mostly-false 0% 117 Checks false 0% 208 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 81 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Guns stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures": “You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.” January 27, 2026 Social Media stated on January 24, 2026 in posts: Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.” January 26, 2026 Donald Trump stated on January 3, 2026 in a post on Truth Social: Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed. January 6, 2026 X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post: A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged. September 12, 2025 Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post: Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.” August 28, 2025 Josh Stein stated on June 6, 2025 in an X post: “Guns are the leading cause of death for children in North Carolina.” August 5, 2025 Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America stated on April 17, 2025 in a Threads post: “Gun violence is the leading killer of college-aged people in the U.S.” By Loreben Tuquero • April 22, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post: “President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.” January 29, 2025 Instagram posts stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo of a young man in a tie shows Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow. December 17, 2024 Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post: The government is arming “illegal immigrants.” September 26, 2024 Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2024 in an Instagram post: “A staffer reveals that Kamala Harris doesn’t actually own a gun.” September 23, 2024 X posts stated on September 4, 2024 in an X post: “BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.” By Loreben Tuquero • September 5, 2024 Donald Trump stated on August 3, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.” By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024 Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech: After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.” By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024 X posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X: Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania. By Samantha Putterman • July 15, 2024 Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2024 Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. By Samantha Putterman • July 14, 2024 Social Media stated on May 30, 2024 in a post: Under federal law, former President Donald Trump’s “felony convictions mean he can no longer possess guns.” By Sara Swann • May 31, 2024 Donald Trump stated on May 2, 2024 in an X post: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action. By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X: “Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.” By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Jeanine Pirro said law-abiding gun owners cannot bring firearms into Washington, D.C. Is she right? • February 4, 2026 Fact-check: Trump officials’ statements about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents • January 26, 2026 Trump’s posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known • December 15, 2025 Nihilistic violent extremism: What the FBI term means and why experts warn against overuse • October 13, 2025 What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics • September 30, 2025 Tyler Robinson: What’s known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect’s politics, bullet casing etchings • September 12, 2025 ‘Rough road ahead’: Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence • September 11, 2025 Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting • September 11, 2025 Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? Data shows a different picture • September 9, 2025 NYC mass shooting sparks questions about Nevada’s little-used red flag gun law. How does it work? • July 30, 2025 Fact-checking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on insurance rates, education and gun laws By Sara Swann • March 5, 2025 Can Donald Trump vote, travel internationally or own a gun after New York felony sentence? By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2025 Fact-checking the New Hampshire gubernatorial debate on WMUR By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2024 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) • September 9, 2024 Fact-check: Kamala Harris is running for president. How accurate is she on abortion, economy, Trump? By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 21, 2024 Fact-checking President Joe Biden’s NATO press conference By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 12, 2024 Hunter Biden es culpable de cargos de armas. ¿Qué pasará ahora? By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2024 Hunter Biden guilty on gun charges; here’s what it means and what’s next By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2024 No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or ‘trans terrorism’ By Grace Abels • February 26, 2024 Why the juvenile suspects in the Chiefs parade shooting haven’t been named, unlike Kyle Rittenhouse By Sara Swann • February 23, 2024 Latest promises about Guns Donald Trump Expand concealed carry rights Donald Trump Overturn Biden policies for gun owners and manufacturers Trump orders review of all Biden-era gun policies | February 27, 2025 Joe Biden Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines Joe Biden failed to deliver on promise to ban assault weapons | December 6, 2024 Joe Biden End the online sale of firearms and ammunition Joe Biden’s administration did little to restrict online gun sales | December 20, 2024 Joe Biden Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act Biden signs bill that closes the ‘boyfriend loophole’ | June 30, 2022 Joe Biden Require background checks for all gun sales New firearm license rule expands background checks, but in a limited way | April 18, 2024 Donald Trump Expand national right to carry to all 50 states Trump broke promise on expanding right to carry | July 15, 2020 Donald Trump Eliminate gun-free zones at schools and military bases Trump has made scant progress on eliminating gun-free zones | July 15, 2020 Donald Trump Reverse Barack Obama’s 2016 gun executive order Trump signs resolution to reverse Obama’s executive order on gun control | April 19, 2017 Barack Obama Better enforce gun laws Obama used executive powers to augment existing laws | December 8, 2016 Barack Obama Work to renew the assault weapons ban Congress doesn’t zero in on assault weapons ban bills | December 8, 2016 Barack Obama Repeal law that limits the sharing of gun-tracing data Tiahrt amendment modified, not repealed | December 17, 2009 Latest promises about Guns
Donald Trump Overturn Biden policies for gun owners and manufacturers Trump orders review of all Biden-era gun policies | February 27, 2025
Joe Biden Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines Joe Biden failed to deliver on promise to ban assault weapons | December 6, 2024
Joe Biden End the online sale of firearms and ammunition Joe Biden’s administration did little to restrict online gun sales | December 20, 2024
Joe Biden Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act Biden signs bill that closes the ‘boyfriend loophole’ | June 30, 2022
Joe Biden Require background checks for all gun sales New firearm license rule expands background checks, but in a limited way | April 18, 2024
Donald Trump Expand national right to carry to all 50 states Trump broke promise on expanding right to carry | July 15, 2020
Donald Trump Eliminate gun-free zones at schools and military bases Trump has made scant progress on eliminating gun-free zones | July 15, 2020
Donald Trump Reverse Barack Obama’s 2016 gun executive order Trump signs resolution to reverse Obama’s executive order on gun control | April 19, 2017
Barack Obama Better enforce gun laws Obama used executive powers to augment existing laws | December 8, 2016
Barack Obama Work to renew the assault weapons ban Congress doesn’t zero in on assault weapons ban bills | December 8, 2016
Barack Obama Repeal law that limits the sharing of gun-tracing data Tiahrt amendment modified, not repealed | December 17, 2009
