Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Guns 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.” Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.” Kamala Harris stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Action Network: “One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.” Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post: “The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting. Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.” Gavin Newsom stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: “The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.” Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.: “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings. Charles Schumer stated on May 25, 2022 in a floor speech: “The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2022 in in a post: "More people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles.” Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.: "When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled." Steve Kerr stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.” Chris Murphy stated on May 24, 2022 in an interview with CNN: “Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.” Dave McCormick stated on April 4, 2022 in an ad: Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns." Elise Stefanik stated on July 6, 2021 in a tweet: Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.” Viral image stated on August 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Sen. Cory Booker wants to require a federal license for gun owners but criticizes voter ID laws as discriminatory. Alex Padilla stated on March 22, 2021 in remarks in a Senate hearing: “In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.” Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet: These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon. Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19 Chris Jacobs stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate: Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.” Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.” Joe Biden stated on March 5, 2020 in an interview with NBC: Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.” Robin Vos stated on November 10, 2019 in a TV interview: Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon." Richard Durbin stated on September 23, 2019 in a speech: Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales. Gina Hinojosa stated on September 4, 2019 in a press conference: "You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun. Philip Van Cleave stated on August 8, 2019 in a radio interview.: "Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2019 in a speech: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses." Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2019 in the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.: "No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking." Creigh Deeds stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.: Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms." Cory Booker stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week: "When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%." Jerrold Nadler stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing: "In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
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.” Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.” Kamala Harris stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Action Network: “One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.” Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post: “The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting. Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.” Gavin Newsom stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: “The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.” Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.: “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings. Charles Schumer stated on May 25, 2022 in a floor speech: “The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2022 in in a post: "More people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles.” Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.: "When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled." Steve Kerr stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.” Chris Murphy stated on May 24, 2022 in an interview with CNN: “Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.” Dave McCormick stated on April 4, 2022 in an ad: Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns." Elise Stefanik stated on July 6, 2021 in a tweet: Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.” Viral image stated on August 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Sen. Cory Booker wants to require a federal license for gun owners but criticizes voter ID laws as discriminatory. Alex Padilla stated on March 22, 2021 in remarks in a Senate hearing: “In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.” Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet: These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon. Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19 Chris Jacobs stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate: Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.” Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.” Joe Biden stated on March 5, 2020 in an interview with NBC: Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.” Robin Vos stated on November 10, 2019 in a TV interview: Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon." Richard Durbin stated on September 23, 2019 in a speech: Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales. Gina Hinojosa stated on September 4, 2019 in a press conference: "You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun. Philip Van Cleave stated on August 8, 2019 in a radio interview.: "Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2019 in a speech: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses." Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2019 in the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.: "No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking." Creigh Deeds stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.: Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms." Cory Booker stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week: "When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%." Jerrold Nadler stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing: "In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
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.”
Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”
Kamala Harris stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Action Network: “One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.”
Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post: “The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.
Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”
Gavin Newsom stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: “The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.”
Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.: “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
Charles Schumer stated on May 25, 2022 in a floor speech: “The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.”
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2022 in in a post: "More people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles.”
Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.: "When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
Steve Kerr stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”
Chris Murphy stated on May 24, 2022 in an interview with CNN: “Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
Dave McCormick stated on April 4, 2022 in an ad: Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns."
Elise Stefanik stated on July 6, 2021 in a tweet: Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.”
Viral image stated on August 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Sen. Cory Booker wants to require a federal license for gun owners but criticizes voter ID laws as discriminatory.
Alex Padilla stated on March 22, 2021 in remarks in a Senate hearing: “In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet: These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19
Chris Jacobs stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate: Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.”
Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”
Joe Biden stated on March 5, 2020 in an interview with NBC: Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.”
Robin Vos stated on November 10, 2019 in a TV interview: Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."
Richard Durbin stated on September 23, 2019 in a speech: Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
Gina Hinojosa stated on September 4, 2019 in a press conference: "You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.
Philip Van Cleave stated on August 8, 2019 in a radio interview.: "Criminals don’t go through (gun) background checks. I think it’s like 3% go through a background check."
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2019 in a speech: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2019 in the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.: "No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking."
Creigh Deeds stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.: Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."
Cory Booker stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week: "When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."
Jerrold Nadler stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing: "In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
