Latest False Fact-checks in Guns Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook: “Arma que EE.UU. le dio a Ucrania es vista en manos de cártel”. Cameron Sexton stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview: Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Laura Ingraham stated on March 31, 2023 in a segment on “The Ingraham Angle": Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state capitol floor.” Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Facebook: Photo of person holding sign shows the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville, Tennessee, school. Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post: Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.” Social Media stated on February 13, 2023 in social media posts: “Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’” Facebook posts stated on February 13, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker. Mark Obenshain stated on January 31, 2023 in a floor speech.: “You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.” Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in a video: “They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.” Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Instagram posts stated on July 28, 2022 in an Instagram post: Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808. Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook: “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.” Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post: Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.” Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on July 5, 2022 in a tweet: Says an image shows the Highland Park shooting suspect "in jail or rehab or a psychiatric center" before the shooting. Greg Gutfeld stated on June 23, 2022 in a TV segment: No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting." Van Wanggaard stated on June 5, 2022 in TV interview: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." Gun Owners of America stated on June 8, 2022 in a tweet: “U.S. House of Reps. votes 226-194 to criminalize disassembling, cleaning, and re-assembling your gun without a firearm manufacturer’s license, including 8 Republicans!” Tucker Carlson stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.” Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2022 in an Instagram post: White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California. Joe Biden stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech: Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits. Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.” Andy Biggs stated on June 2, 2022 in an opening statement at a House hearing: The U.S. Justice Department “conservatively estimated that guns are used 1.5 million times per year to save lives.” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.” Tweets stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet: TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged. Tweets stated on May 26, 2022 in a tweet: “These mass shootings happen so much that Ted Cruz really got a template ready to tweet whenever they occur.” Marco Rubio stated on May 25, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.” Tweets stated on May 24, 2022 in un tuit: ICE está en Uvalde, Texas, “entonces los padres indocumentados tienen que temer la deportación antes de verificar si sus hijos están vivos". Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.” Tweets stated on May 25, 2022 in a tweet: ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.
Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook: “Arma que EE.UU. le dio a Ucrania es vista en manos de cártel”. Cameron Sexton stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview: Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Laura Ingraham stated on March 31, 2023 in a segment on “The Ingraham Angle": Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state capitol floor.” Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Facebook: Photo of person holding sign shows the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville, Tennessee, school. Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post: Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.” Social Media stated on February 13, 2023 in social media posts: “Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’” Facebook posts stated on February 13, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker. Mark Obenshain stated on January 31, 2023 in a floor speech.: “You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.” Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in a video: “They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.” Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Instagram posts stated on July 28, 2022 in an Instagram post: Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808. Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook: “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.” Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post: Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.” Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on July 5, 2022 in a tweet: Says an image shows the Highland Park shooting suspect "in jail or rehab or a psychiatric center" before the shooting. Greg Gutfeld stated on June 23, 2022 in a TV segment: No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting." Van Wanggaard stated on June 5, 2022 in TV interview: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." Gun Owners of America stated on June 8, 2022 in a tweet: “U.S. House of Reps. votes 226-194 to criminalize disassembling, cleaning, and re-assembling your gun without a firearm manufacturer’s license, including 8 Republicans!” Tucker Carlson stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.” Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2022 in an Instagram post: White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California. Joe Biden stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech: Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits. Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.” Andy Biggs stated on June 2, 2022 in an opening statement at a House hearing: The U.S. Justice Department “conservatively estimated that guns are used 1.5 million times per year to save lives.” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.” Tweets stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet: TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged. Tweets stated on May 26, 2022 in a tweet: “These mass shootings happen so much that Ted Cruz really got a template ready to tweet whenever they occur.” Marco Rubio stated on May 25, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.” Tweets stated on May 24, 2022 in un tuit: ICE está en Uvalde, Texas, “entonces los padres indocumentados tienen que temer la deportación antes de verificar si sus hijos están vivos". Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.” Tweets stated on May 25, 2022 in a tweet: ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.
Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.”
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook: “Arma que EE.UU. le dio a Ucrania es vista en manos de cártel”.
Cameron Sexton stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview: Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
Laura Ingraham stated on March 31, 2023 in a segment on “The Ingraham Angle": Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state capitol floor.”
Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Facebook: Photo of person holding sign shows the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville, Tennessee, school.
Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post: Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.”
Social Media stated on February 13, 2023 in social media posts: “Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”
Facebook posts stated on February 13, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.
Mark Obenshain stated on January 31, 2023 in a floor speech.: “You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.”
Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in a video: “They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.”
Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.
Instagram posts stated on July 28, 2022 in an Instagram post: Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808.
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook: “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.”
Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post: Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on July 5, 2022 in a tweet: Says an image shows the Highland Park shooting suspect "in jail or rehab or a psychiatric center" before the shooting.
Greg Gutfeld stated on June 23, 2022 in a TV segment: No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting."
Van Wanggaard stated on June 5, 2022 in TV interview: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
Gun Owners of America stated on June 8, 2022 in a tweet: “U.S. House of Reps. votes 226-194 to criminalize disassembling, cleaning, and re-assembling your gun without a firearm manufacturer’s license, including 8 Republicans!”
Tucker Carlson stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”
Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2022 in an Instagram post: White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California.
Joe Biden stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech: Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits.
Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.”
Andy Biggs stated on June 2, 2022 in an opening statement at a House hearing: The U.S. Justice Department “conservatively estimated that guns are used 1.5 million times per year to save lives.”
Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.”
Tweets stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet: TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged.
Tweets stated on May 26, 2022 in a tweet: “These mass shootings happen so much that Ted Cruz really got a template ready to tweet whenever they occur.”
Marco Rubio stated on May 25, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.”
Tweets stated on May 24, 2022 in un tuit: ICE está en Uvalde, Texas, “entonces los padres indocumentados tienen que temer la deportación antes de verificar si sus hijos están vivos".
Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
Tweets stated on May 25, 2022 in a tweet: ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.
