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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.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 22, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
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.

By Sofia Ahmed • December 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The government is arming “illegal immigrants.”

By Sofia Ahmed • September 26, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“A staffer reveals that Kamala Harris doesn’t actually own a gun.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 23, 2024
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.”

By Loreben Tuquero • September 5, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta:

Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.”

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024
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.”

By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
X posts
stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X:

Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • July 15, 2024
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.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2024
Social Media
stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts:

Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

By Samantha Putterman • July 14, 2024
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.”

By Sara Swann • May 31, 2024
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.

By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024
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.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2024
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.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024
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.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 28, 2024
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.

By Loreben Tuquero • February 27, 2024
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.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 27, 2024
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.”

By David Scibilia • February 21, 2024
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.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 16, 2024
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.”

By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2024
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".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • December 21, 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.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2023
Alex Mooney
stated on August 21, 2023 in a campaign website:

Jim Justice “supports banning sporting rifles for law-abiding citizens.”

By Ayden Norcross • October 24, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on September 25, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

"Trump just bought a handgun!”

By Sara Swann • September 27, 2023
Thom Tillis
stated on August 14, 2023 in a campaign email:

A Democrat-sponsored bill proposes a “1,000% gun tax on most firearms.”

By Paul Specht • September 8, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 29, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:

“Arma que EE.UU. le dio a Ucrania es vista en manos de cártel”.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • June 20, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall:

“Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”

By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2023
Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":

“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023

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