Latest Fact-checks in Guns Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Suzanne Devlin stated on January 19, 2011 in a letter to the editor: The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair. National Rifle Association stated on January 16, 2011 in a fact-sheet.: More people die from "medical misadventures" than firearm accidents nationally and in Florida. Sherrod Brown stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview: Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill. Frank Lautenberg stated on January 11, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year." Pierre Thomas stated on January 9, 2011 in a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 9, 2011 in comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press': Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.' Sam Adams stated on December 1, 2010 in a city council meeting: Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city. Michael Bloomberg stated on October 18, 2010 in an interview: Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime. David Cicilline stated on October 19, 2010 in a campaign radio advertisement: Says "John Loughlin voted to let people accused of domestic violence keep their guns." Jim Sullivan stated on October 22, 2010 in campaign literature distributed to district residents: Says Leah "Vukmir supports allowing people to carry concealed weapons into day care centers, churches, health care clinics and playgrounds." Barbara Boxer stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons." Chet Edwards stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: "When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no." Rob Portman stated on June 28, 2010 in a campaign statement: Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like." Charlie Crist stated on July 14, 2010 in Crist campaign website, accessed July 5, 2010: "Gov. Crist has never wavered in his support of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms." Chain email stated on June 3, 2010 in a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet: Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments." Michael Bloomberg stated on May 5, 2010 in an op ed article: "We can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn't have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47." Cathie Adams stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter: "Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control." Charlie Crist stated on February 1, 2010 in a news release: "Speaker Rubio supported gun restrictions that included background checks and waiting periods." Ben Bius stated on February 9, 2010 in a radio advertisement.: Says state Sen. Steve Ogden was the "driving force behind business income tax hurting small business, crafted the Robin Hood school finance scheme making property taxes skyrocket, wrote a budget that will result in a $14 billion deficit and voted against" gun freedoms. Hector Uribe stated on January 11, 2010 in a press release: Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him. Chain email stated on November 1, 2009 in an e-mail circulated to many people.: You must list all your guns on your 2010 tax return. Gun Owners of America stated on October 9, 2009 in an alert to members: The Baucus health care bill "could be used to ban guns in home self-defense." Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2009 in a news conference.: "More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States." National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in a direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns." National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense." Let Freedom Ring stated on July 24, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.: Says Obama flip-flopped on banning handguns. John McCain stated on July 26, 2008: "Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA." Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 4, 2007: "Mitt Romney opposed the gun lobby, even Ronald Reagan."
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Suzanne Devlin stated on January 19, 2011 in a letter to the editor: The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair. National Rifle Association stated on January 16, 2011 in a fact-sheet.: More people die from "medical misadventures" than firearm accidents nationally and in Florida. Sherrod Brown stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview: Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill. Frank Lautenberg stated on January 11, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year." Pierre Thomas stated on January 9, 2011 in a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 9, 2011 in comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press': Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.' Sam Adams stated on December 1, 2010 in a city council meeting: Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city. Michael Bloomberg stated on October 18, 2010 in an interview: Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime. David Cicilline stated on October 19, 2010 in a campaign radio advertisement: Says "John Loughlin voted to let people accused of domestic violence keep their guns." Jim Sullivan stated on October 22, 2010 in campaign literature distributed to district residents: Says Leah "Vukmir supports allowing people to carry concealed weapons into day care centers, churches, health care clinics and playgrounds." Barbara Boxer stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons." Chet Edwards stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: "When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no." Rob Portman stated on June 28, 2010 in a campaign statement: Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like." Charlie Crist stated on July 14, 2010 in Crist campaign website, accessed July 5, 2010: "Gov. Crist has never wavered in his support of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms." Chain email stated on June 3, 2010 in a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet: Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments." Michael Bloomberg stated on May 5, 2010 in an op ed article: "We can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn't have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47." Cathie Adams stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter: "Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control." Charlie Crist stated on February 1, 2010 in a news release: "Speaker Rubio supported gun restrictions that included background checks and waiting periods." Ben Bius stated on February 9, 2010 in a radio advertisement.: Says state Sen. Steve Ogden was the "driving force behind business income tax hurting small business, crafted the Robin Hood school finance scheme making property taxes skyrocket, wrote a budget that will result in a $14 billion deficit and voted against" gun freedoms. Hector Uribe stated on January 11, 2010 in a press release: Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him. Chain email stated on November 1, 2009 in an e-mail circulated to many people.: You must list all your guns on your 2010 tax return. Gun Owners of America stated on October 9, 2009 in an alert to members: The Baucus health care bill "could be used to ban guns in home self-defense." Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2009 in a news conference.: "More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States." National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in a direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns." National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense." Let Freedom Ring stated on July 24, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.: Says Obama flip-flopped on banning handguns. John McCain stated on July 26, 2008: "Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA." Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 4, 2007: "Mitt Romney opposed the gun lobby, even Ronald Reagan."
Suzanne Devlin stated on January 19, 2011 in a letter to the editor: The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
National Rifle Association stated on January 16, 2011 in a fact-sheet.: More people die from "medical misadventures" than firearm accidents nationally and in Florida.
Sherrod Brown stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview: Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
Frank Lautenberg stated on January 11, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."
Pierre Thomas stated on January 9, 2011 in a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 9, 2011 in comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press': Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.'
Sam Adams stated on December 1, 2010 in a city council meeting: Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city.
Michael Bloomberg stated on October 18, 2010 in an interview: Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime.
David Cicilline stated on October 19, 2010 in a campaign radio advertisement: Says "John Loughlin voted to let people accused of domestic violence keep their guns."
Jim Sullivan stated on October 22, 2010 in campaign literature distributed to district residents: Says Leah "Vukmir supports allowing people to carry concealed weapons into day care centers, churches, health care clinics and playgrounds."
Barbara Boxer stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons."
Chet Edwards stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: "When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no."
Rob Portman stated on June 28, 2010 in a campaign statement: Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like."
Charlie Crist stated on July 14, 2010 in Crist campaign website, accessed July 5, 2010: "Gov. Crist has never wavered in his support of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms."
Chain email stated on June 3, 2010 in a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet: Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
Michael Bloomberg stated on May 5, 2010 in an op ed article: "We can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn't have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47."
Cathie Adams stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter: "Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control."
Charlie Crist stated on February 1, 2010 in a news release: "Speaker Rubio supported gun restrictions that included background checks and waiting periods."
Ben Bius stated on February 9, 2010 in a radio advertisement.: Says state Sen. Steve Ogden was the "driving force behind business income tax hurting small business, crafted the Robin Hood school finance scheme making property taxes skyrocket, wrote a budget that will result in a $14 billion deficit and voted against" gun freedoms.
Hector Uribe stated on January 11, 2010 in a press release: Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him.
Chain email stated on November 1, 2009 in an e-mail circulated to many people.: You must list all your guns on your 2010 tax return.
Gun Owners of America stated on October 9, 2009 in an alert to members: The Baucus health care bill "could be used to ban guns in home self-defense."
Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2009 in a news conference.: "More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States."
National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in a direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns."
National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense."
Let Freedom Ring stated on July 24, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.: Says Obama flip-flopped on banning handguns.
John McCain stated on July 26, 2008: "Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban."
John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA."
Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 4, 2007: "Mitt Romney opposed the gun lobby, even Ronald Reagan."
