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Search results for "8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting"

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Eddie Rodriguez stated on November 09, 2017 in an email blast:
Says that "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 3, 2017
Viral image stated on June 04, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows “the Sandy Hook girls that did not die like they said they did!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 13, 2024
X posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde County, Texas, was a false flag.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 25, 2022
Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.
By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023
Viral image stated on August 06, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
 "Not one Democrat called for gun control" after a man shot at Republican lawmakers playing softball.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2019
Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House:
"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2015
David Cicilline stated on October 23, 2015 in a speech:
"There have been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year – more than any other country in the world."  
By Mark Reynolds• November 1, 2015
Steve Adler stated on June 14, 2016 in an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM:
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2016
Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post:
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
By Amy Sherman• August 28, 2025
Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018
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."
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018
Instagram posts stated on June 04, 2022 in an Instagram post:
White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California.
By Jeff Cercone• June 8, 2022
Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:
These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
By Jon Greenberg• March 24, 2021
Dan Patrick stated on January 03, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press:
Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2016
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on June 11, 2014 in an infographic that went viral:
There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."
By Lauren Carroll• June 13, 2014
Ted Nugent stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Three mass shootings were meant to distract from Hillary Clinton controversies.
By Jeff Cercone• June 16, 2022
TikTok posts stated on March 29, 2023 in a post:
Morgan Freeman called out Joe Biden for talking about “ice cream” before commenting on the Nashville, Tennessee, school shooting.
By Gabrielle Settles• April 3, 2023
Alcee Hastings stated on February 05, 2019 in a statement to the press:
"In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."
By Amy Sherman• February 11, 2019
Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.”
By Samantha Putterman• May 10, 2023
Adam Kinzinger stated on August 09, 2019 in a TV interview:
"97% of murders occur with handguns."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• August 15, 2019

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What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 14, 2023

Despite Trump remarks on El Paso and Dayton, it's a weak link between video games, mass shootings

By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2019

All of PolitiFact California’s fact checks on gun violence

By Chris Nichols• February 23, 2018

Have there been more US mass shootings than days in 2024? Common statistic needs context

By Amy Sherman• February 16, 2024

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022

How is a ‘mass shooting’ defined?

By Chris Nichols• October 4, 2017

Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? Data shows a different picture

By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2025

Tracking misinformation about the Allen, Texas, mass shooting and response

By Michael Williams• May 9, 2023

Alex Jones said Sandy Hook slayings 'pretty much didn't happen'

By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2018

Fact-checker’s guide to Hillary Clinton's UC Davis speech

By Chris Nichols• October 12, 2017

Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting

By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022

How are school shootings defined?

By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2018

Fact-checking the July 10 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg• July 10, 2016

Congress blocked Obama's call for new gun laws after mass shootings

By Joshua Gillin• January 6, 2017

Truth-O-Meter hands down mixed results on gun claims

By Caryn Shinske• December 18, 2012

How many mass shootings have occurred since Uvalde tragedy?

By Nusaiba Mizan• June 10, 2022

That viral tweet about mass shootings by country? It needs additional context

By Jon Greenberg• August 5, 2019

Gun violence spiked during pandemic, even as the deadliest mass shootings waned

By Noah Y. Kim• March 23, 2021

What we know about mass shootings

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• February 15, 2018

Mailbag: Your interpretation is 'nutty'

By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2015