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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

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

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

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

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

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

Ron Tusler stated on August 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Less mass shootings under Trump!"

By Eric Litke• August 6, 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

Gun Free UT Gun Free UT stated on October 29, 2015 in web site blog post:

"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."

By Filipa Ioannou• November 23, 2015

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."

By Jon Greenberg• February 27, 2018

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

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."

By Miriam Valverde• February 23, 2018

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

Greg Steube stated on April 02, 2015 in a Florida House judiciary committee hearing:

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• April 6, 2015

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

Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Aaron Salter Jr. was killed by a mass shooter because he was working on creating a water-powered car engine.

By Gabrielle Settles• June 2, 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

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

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

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

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

By Noah Y. Kim• March 23, 2021

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

By Michael Williams• May 9, 2023

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

By Joshua Gillin• January 6, 2017

All of PolitiFact California’s fact checks on gun violence

By Chris Nichols• February 23, 2018

Fact-checking claims in the wake of the Parkland school shooting

By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman• February 23, 2018

Ask PolitiFact: how and where will I get my COVID-19 vaccine?

By Amy Sherman• December 18, 2020

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

By Amy Sherman• February 16, 2024

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

By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2025

How is a ‘mass shooting’ defined?

By Chris Nichols• October 4, 2017

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

By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2018

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

By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2019

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

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022

How many mass shootings have occurred since Uvalde tragedy?

By Nusaiba Mizan• June 10, 2022

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

By Caryn Shinske• December 18, 2012

PolitiFact Wisconsin's most clicked items for August 2019

By D.L. Davis• September 3, 2019

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