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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. Instagram posts stated on February 21, 2024 in Instagram posts The states that have 97% of guns are the states with the least amount of gun violence. 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.” Instagram posts stated on February 15, 2024 in a post “At least one of Kansas City shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant.” 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.” Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook "La administración acaba de aprobar este vacío legal, 100% legal, que permite a todos los residentes estadounidenses en buena posición obtener un permiso de portación oculta (de armas) válido en 2023". Shannon Watts stated on October 25, 2023 in a post on X “It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.” Load more
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.
Instagram posts stated on February 21, 2024 in Instagram posts The states that have 97% of guns are the states with the least amount of gun violence.
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.”
Instagram posts stated on February 15, 2024 in a post “At least one of Kansas City shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant.”
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.”
Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook "La administración acaba de aprobar este vacío legal, 100% legal, que permite a todos los residentes estadounidenses en buena posición obtener un permiso de portación oculta (de armas) válido en 2023".
Shannon Watts stated on October 25, 2023 in a post on X “It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”
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