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Tavern League of Wisconsin

Tavern League of Wisconsin

Mostly True

If you're a woman who weighs about a hundred, yes

A 0.05 standard for drunken driving means having a glass of wine at dinner could make a person drunk.

Edward Flynn

Edward Flynn

Half-True

Best number available, but laden with caveats

Research found that "over the course of the existence of the Brady Bill ban, the use of assault weapons in crimes decreased by two thirds."  

Ed Fallone

Ed Fallone

False

Numbers steady amid conflicts

Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."

Tom Barrett

Tom Barrett

Half-True

Dated data

40 percent of U.S. gun sales "are occurring outside of" licensed gun dealers.  

Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Half-True

Many can't be prosecuted

In 2009, the FBI "referred more than 71,000" cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, "but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them."

David A. Clarke Jr.

David A. Clarke Jr.

Mostly False

Sheriff’s Office responds to few crime calls

"I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.

Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore

Mostly True

Figure nearly correct; factors other than the law also at work

Since the federal Violence Against Women Act was adopted in 1994, "cases of domestic violence have fallen by 67 percent."

Pardeep Kaleka

Pardeep Kaleka

Mostly True

Newer figure slightly lower

"Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns."

Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore

Mostly False

Only for federal abortion funding

Says House Republicans "tried to change the definition of rape."

Marty Beil

Marty Beil

Mostly False

No real raises for either group

Says Gov. Scott Walker "raises the pay of inmates, but we don't raise the pay of staff in our correctional institutions."

Jim Sensenbrenner

Jim Sensenbrenner

True

In the lead with four

"I've done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country."

David A. Clarke Jr.

David A. Clarke Jr.

False

His measuring stick drops a main driver of costs: Fringe benefits

Says he’s "never asked for more" than inflationary budget increases in his 10 budgets as Milwaukee County sheriff

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