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 Andrew Cuomo stated on March 13, 2018 in remarks at a rally: "Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners." Cory Booker stated on March 14, 2018 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes." Steve Bullock stated on March 7, 2018 in an interview in Milwaukee: "A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks." Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop: Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2018 in an audio ad distributed to news organizations: Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns." Liberty Headlines stated on March 7, 2018 in a headline: "Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges." Rebecca Dallet stated on March 2, 2018 in a debate: Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech: Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident." John Faso stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview on C-SPAN: "The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm." Ted Cruz stated on March 7, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": "The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety." Perry Thurston stated on February 26, 2018 in a Senate committee meeting: "Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry." Richard Corcoran stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview: Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind." David Simmons stated on March 3, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." Mary Taylor stated on January 29, 2018 in a speech: Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA." Pricey Harrison stated on February 15, 2018 in a tweet: "The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership." Michael Williams stated on February 27, 2018 in a CNN interview: Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood. Tom Cole stated on February 28, 2018 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun." Tammy Baldwin stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview : Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2018 in in a meeting: "You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did." Rick Scott stated on February 23, 2018 in a press conference: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control." Marco Rubio stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: "Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned" Dana Loesch stated on February 25, 2018 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama." Tim Ryan stated on February 20, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check." Nancy Rotering stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times: "It’s now constitutional to ban [assault weapons] in Illinois. Yet, the Illinois General Assembly has failed to allow other cities to have that opportunity." Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms." Matt Caldwell stated on February 21, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder." Ted Deutch stated on February 21, 2018 in a CNN town hall: "Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired." Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post: "So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats." Claudia Tenney stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview: "So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."
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Andrew Cuomo stated on March 13, 2018 in remarks at a rally: "Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners." Cory Booker stated on March 14, 2018 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes." Steve Bullock stated on March 7, 2018 in an interview in Milwaukee: "A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks." Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop: Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2018 in an audio ad distributed to news organizations: Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns." Liberty Headlines stated on March 7, 2018 in a headline: "Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges." Rebecca Dallet stated on March 2, 2018 in a debate: Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech: Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident." John Faso stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview on C-SPAN: "The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm." Ted Cruz stated on March 7, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": "The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety." Perry Thurston stated on February 26, 2018 in a Senate committee meeting: "Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry." Richard Corcoran stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview: Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind." David Simmons stated on March 3, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." Mary Taylor stated on January 29, 2018 in a speech: Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA." Pricey Harrison stated on February 15, 2018 in a tweet: "The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership." Michael Williams stated on February 27, 2018 in a CNN interview: Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood. Tom Cole stated on February 28, 2018 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun." Tammy Baldwin stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview : Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2018 in in a meeting: "You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did." Rick Scott stated on February 23, 2018 in a press conference: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control." Marco Rubio stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: "Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned" Dana Loesch stated on February 25, 2018 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama." Tim Ryan stated on February 20, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check." Nancy Rotering stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times: "It’s now constitutional to ban [assault weapons] in Illinois. Yet, the Illinois General Assembly has failed to allow other cities to have that opportunity." Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms." Matt Caldwell stated on February 21, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder." Ted Deutch stated on February 21, 2018 in a CNN town hall: "Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired." Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post: "So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats." Claudia Tenney stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview: "So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."
Andrew Cuomo stated on March 13, 2018 in remarks at a rally: "Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners."
Cory Booker stated on March 14, 2018 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes."
Steve Bullock stated on March 7, 2018 in an interview in Milwaukee: "A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop: Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."
Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2018 in an audio ad distributed to news organizations: Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns."
Liberty Headlines stated on March 7, 2018 in a headline: "Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges."
Rebecca Dallet stated on March 2, 2018 in a debate: Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA."
Dennis Kucinich stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech: Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident."
John Faso stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview on C-SPAN: "The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm."
Ted Cruz stated on March 7, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": "The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety."
Perry Thurston stated on February 26, 2018 in a Senate committee meeting: "Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry."
Richard Corcoran stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview: Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."
David Simmons stated on March 3, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents."
Mary Taylor stated on January 29, 2018 in a speech: Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA."
Pricey Harrison stated on February 15, 2018 in a tweet: "The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership."
Michael Williams stated on February 27, 2018 in a CNN interview: Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood.
Tom Cole stated on February 28, 2018 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview : Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2018 in in a meeting: "You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did."
Rick Scott stated on February 23, 2018 in a press conference: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
Marco Rubio stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: "Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"
Dana Loesch stated on February 25, 2018 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."
Tim Ryan stated on February 20, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check."
Nancy Rotering stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times: "It’s now constitutional to ban [assault weapons] in Illinois. Yet, the Illinois General Assembly has failed to allow other cities to have that opportunity."
Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
Matt Caldwell stated on February 21, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder."
Ted Deutch stated on February 21, 2018 in a CNN town hall: "Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."
Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post: "So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
Claudia Tenney stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview: "So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."
