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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. 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.” Josh Stein stated on June 6, 2025 in an X post “Guns are the leading cause of death for children in North Carolina.” 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.” Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post “President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.” 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. Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post The government is arming “illegal immigrants.” Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2024 in an Instagram post “A staffer reveals that Kamala Harris doesn’t actually own a gun.” 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.” Donald Trump stated on August 3, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.” 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.” X posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania. 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.” Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. 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.” 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. 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.” Kamala Harris stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation “As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.” Instagram posts stated on February 27, 2024 in an Instagram post The ATF updated its background check policy to allow “illegal immigrants” to purchase firearms. Instagram posts stated on February 1, 2024 in a video Removing gun-related homicides in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and St. Louis would drop the U.S. to 189th out of 193 countries in gun violence. Load more
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.
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.”
Josh Stein stated on June 6, 2025 in an X post “Guns are the leading cause of death for children in North Carolina.”
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.”
Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post “President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.”
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.
Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post The government is arming “illegal immigrants.”
Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2024 in an Instagram post “A staffer reveals that Kamala Harris doesn’t actually own a gun.”
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.”
Donald Trump stated on August 3, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.”
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.”
X posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania.
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.”
Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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.”
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.
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.”
Kamala Harris stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation “As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Instagram posts stated on February 27, 2024 in an Instagram post The ATF updated its background check policy to allow “illegal immigrants” to purchase firearms.
Instagram posts stated on February 1, 2024 in a video Removing gun-related homicides in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and St. Louis would drop the U.S. to 189th out of 193 countries in gun violence.
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