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Viral image stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023

Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."

By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018

Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”

By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021

Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance."

By Miriam Valverde• November 26, 2019

Jeff Greenfield stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet:

"In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1."

By Tom Kertscher• February 15, 2018

Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a post:

The Uvalde, Texas, mass shooter was an “illegal alien.”

By Monique Curet• May 25, 2022

Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 25, 2022

Rahm Emanuel stated on July 26, 2016 in a press event:

Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains."

By Madeleine Doubek• August 25, 2016

Shannon Watts stated on May 21, 2018 in a tweet:

"Trained police hit their targets less than 30 percent of the time."

By John Kruzel• May 25, 2018

Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media:

“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”

By Madison Czopek• May 26, 2022

Donald Trump stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

"The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is."

By Robert Farley• February 14, 2011

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."

By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2018

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

Gwen Graham stated on May 18, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."

By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2018

Viral image stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook post:

The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2019

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

X posts stated on September 04, 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

Jackie Speier stated on December 14, 2016 in a tweet:

"Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence."

By Chris Nichols• December 27, 2016

Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2024 in a video:

Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 26, 2024

Bloggers stated on April 04, 2017 in a headline:

"Texas law enforcement officer fatally shot upon arriving for work by 3 Muslim refugee."

By Joshua Gillin• April 17, 2017

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