All statements from Everytown for Gun Safety

Half-True

Words lack full context

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety

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."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Half-True

Old data quoted incorrectly, but trend is right

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety

The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.

— PolitiFact National on Monday, March 14th, 2016

Mostly False

Question of "illegal" goes straight to heart of gun control debate

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety

"Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia – a state that last year did the NRA’s bidding and weakened its already lax gun laws."

— PolitiFact Georgia on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

Mostly False

Broad criteria can be misleading

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety

Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Friday, December 19th, 2014

Mostly False

Not by the definition many people would use for "school shooting"

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety

There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 13th, 2014

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