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 Reclaim America PAC stated on May 14, 2013 in a TV ad: Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks." Tom Coburn stated on May 9, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that." Ed Doyle stated on April 25, 2013 in a news release and Facebook post: Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. David Cicilline stated on April 19, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks." Bob Goodlatte stated on April 14, 2013 in a TV appearance.: Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are "down 40 percent" under President Barack Obama. Johnny Isakson stated on April 9, 2013: On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate. Linda Finn stated on April 12, 2013 in a TV interview: Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them." Dianne Feinstein stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons." Michael Chippendale stated on April 12, 2013 in a debate on WPRI's "Newsmakers program": If an individual is determined "to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor" because they will find a way. Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks. Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech from the White House Rose Garden: A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry. Plain and simple, right there in the text." National Rifle Association stated on April 17, 2013 in a statement: The Manchin-Toomey amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members" to get government approval. Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: "The NRA used to support expanded background checks." Gabrielle Giffords stated on April 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "New York Times": Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks." Jeff Sessions stated on April 14, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've declined every year since President Bush left office." Arizona Citizens Defense League stated on April 10, 2013 in an email to supporters: Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms." Arizona Citizens Defense League stated on April 10, 2013 in an email to supporters: Says a gun bill before the Senate "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners." Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2013 in a Facebook post: "Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths." Dannel Malloy stated on April 3, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them. Rahm Emanuel stated on April 2, 2013 in a CNN interview: Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A." B. Heath Mitchell stated on April 2, 2013 in newspaper article: The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry." Lee Leffingwell stated on March 28, 2013 in a press conference.: Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers. Mark Kelly stated on March 31, 2013 in an interview on 'Fox News Sunday': Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check." Sheila Oliver stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton: "In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence." Wayne LaPierre stated on March 24, 2013 in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press: Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them." Michael Bloomberg stated on March 24, 2013 in an appearance on 'Meet the Press': "If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done." Kelly Ayotte stated on February 19, 2013 in an editorial board meeting: Says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted. Jim Moran stated on February 27, 2013 in House debate: Says Virginia, Florida and Georgia are the three states that are the principal source for gun trafficking. National Association for Gun Rights stated on February 27, 2013 in a TV ad.: U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell "wants gun owners in a federal registration system." Donzella James stated on March 4, 2013 in a speech: Georgia has the most lax gun laws in the nation.
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Reclaim America PAC stated on May 14, 2013 in a TV ad: Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks." Tom Coburn stated on May 9, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that." Ed Doyle stated on April 25, 2013 in a news release and Facebook post: Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. David Cicilline stated on April 19, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks." Bob Goodlatte stated on April 14, 2013 in a TV appearance.: Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are "down 40 percent" under President Barack Obama. Johnny Isakson stated on April 9, 2013: On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate. Linda Finn stated on April 12, 2013 in a TV interview: Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them." Dianne Feinstein stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons." Michael Chippendale stated on April 12, 2013 in a debate on WPRI's "Newsmakers program": If an individual is determined "to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor" because they will find a way. Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks. Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech from the White House Rose Garden: A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry. Plain and simple, right there in the text." National Rifle Association stated on April 17, 2013 in a statement: The Manchin-Toomey amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members" to get government approval. Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: "The NRA used to support expanded background checks." Gabrielle Giffords stated on April 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "New York Times": Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks." Jeff Sessions stated on April 14, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've declined every year since President Bush left office." Arizona Citizens Defense League stated on April 10, 2013 in an email to supporters: Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms." Arizona Citizens Defense League stated on April 10, 2013 in an email to supporters: Says a gun bill before the Senate "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners." Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2013 in a Facebook post: "Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths." Dannel Malloy stated on April 3, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them. Rahm Emanuel stated on April 2, 2013 in a CNN interview: Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A." B. Heath Mitchell stated on April 2, 2013 in newspaper article: The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry." Lee Leffingwell stated on March 28, 2013 in a press conference.: Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers. Mark Kelly stated on March 31, 2013 in an interview on 'Fox News Sunday': Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check." Sheila Oliver stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton: "In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence." Wayne LaPierre stated on March 24, 2013 in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press: Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them." Michael Bloomberg stated on March 24, 2013 in an appearance on 'Meet the Press': "If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done." Kelly Ayotte stated on February 19, 2013 in an editorial board meeting: Says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted. Jim Moran stated on February 27, 2013 in House debate: Says Virginia, Florida and Georgia are the three states that are the principal source for gun trafficking. National Association for Gun Rights stated on February 27, 2013 in a TV ad.: U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell "wants gun owners in a federal registration system." Donzella James stated on March 4, 2013 in a speech: Georgia has the most lax gun laws in the nation.
Reclaim America PAC stated on May 14, 2013 in a TV ad: Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."
Tom Coburn stated on May 9, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that."
Ed Doyle stated on April 25, 2013 in a news release and Facebook post: Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
David Cicilline stated on April 19, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks."
Bob Goodlatte stated on April 14, 2013 in a TV appearance.: Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are "down 40 percent" under President Barack Obama.
Johnny Isakson stated on April 9, 2013: On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate.
Linda Finn stated on April 12, 2013 in a TV interview: Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them."
Dianne Feinstein stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons."
Michael Chippendale stated on April 12, 2013 in a debate on WPRI's "Newsmakers program": If an individual is determined "to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor" because they will find a way.
Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks.
Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech from the White House Rose Garden: A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry. Plain and simple, right there in the text."
National Rifle Association stated on April 17, 2013 in a statement: The Manchin-Toomey amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members" to get government approval.
Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: "The NRA used to support expanded background checks."
Gabrielle Giffords stated on April 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "New York Times": Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks."
Jeff Sessions stated on April 14, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've declined every year since President Bush left office."
Arizona Citizens Defense League stated on April 10, 2013 in an email to supporters: Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms."
Arizona Citizens Defense League stated on April 10, 2013 in an email to supporters: Says a gun bill before the Senate "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners."
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2013 in a Facebook post: "Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
Dannel Malloy stated on April 3, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them.
Rahm Emanuel stated on April 2, 2013 in a CNN interview: Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."
B. Heath Mitchell stated on April 2, 2013 in newspaper article: The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry."
Lee Leffingwell stated on March 28, 2013 in a press conference.: Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers.
Mark Kelly stated on March 31, 2013 in an interview on 'Fox News Sunday': Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check."
Sheila Oliver stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton: "In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence."
Wayne LaPierre stated on March 24, 2013 in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press: Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them."
Michael Bloomberg stated on March 24, 2013 in an appearance on 'Meet the Press': "If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done."
Kelly Ayotte stated on February 19, 2013 in an editorial board meeting: Says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted.
Jim Moran stated on February 27, 2013 in House debate: Says Virginia, Florida and Georgia are the three states that are the principal source for gun trafficking.
National Association for Gun Rights stated on February 27, 2013 in a TV ad.: U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell "wants gun owners in a federal registration system."
