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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
Chris Murphy
stated on February 11, 2024 in an interview:

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”

By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2024
Shannon Watts
stated on October 25, 2023 in a post on X:

“It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2023
Thom Tillis
stated on August 14, 2023 in a campaign email:

A Democrat-sponsored bill proposes a “1,000% gun tax on most firearms.”

By Paul Specht • September 8, 2023
Mike Pence
stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:

"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."

By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2023
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 in a tweet:

“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
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stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2023
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 30, 2023 in a tweet:

"(Ron) DeSantis' bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight."

By Yacob Reyes • February 6, 2023
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”

By Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech:

New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 27, 2022 in News release:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.

By Laura Schulte • June 28, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”

By Sara Swann • June 3, 2022
Ted Cruz
stated on May 26, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:

In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2022
Shelia Stubbs
stated on February 2, 2022 in Public statement:

"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”

By D.L. Davis • February 18, 2022
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stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021
Joy Behar
stated on March 23, 2021 in a TV segment:

"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."

By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021
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stated on March 22, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Boulder’s AR-15 ban was unconstitutional. Today, there was a mass shooting in Boulder.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 23, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on November 20, 2020 in an Instagram post:

"Kyle Rittenhouse used his COVID-19 stimulus check to purchase the AR-15 he used in the fatal Kenosha shooting."

By Eric Litke • November 25, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 in a post:

Says Joe Biden told a factory worker, “I don’t work for you!” while pointing a finger in the worker’s face.

By Monique Curet • October 20, 2020
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter:

In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."

By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
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stated on June 8, 2020 in post on Facebook:

“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”

By Emily Venezky • June 16, 2020
Eric Burlison
stated on January 20, 2020 in a tweet:

“Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”

By Anna Peterson • March 18, 2020
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 in a mass email:

On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Scott Jenkins
stated on January 13, 2020 in remarks:

“There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.”

By Warren Fiske • February 5, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"People with pre-existing mental health conditions have access to firearms and not health care."

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 7, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate in Houston:

"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."

By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
stated on August 12, 2019 in an interview:

The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."

By Tom Kertscher • August 22, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2019 in remarks in Morristown, N.J.:

Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."

By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2019
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 in a video on Twitter:

"There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens."

By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2019
Bill Clinton
stated on August 5, 2019 in a tweet:

"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2019

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