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Search results for "Eight children were killed in a shooting in Louisiana"

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Fact-checks (19405)

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
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 13, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Since Israel started training teachers with guns, "there have only been two school shootings in 44 years and both shooters were killed by teachers."
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 2, 2019
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition stated on January 09, 2015 in an open letter:
"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.
By Tom Kertscher• March 9, 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
Bloggers stated on March 14, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
Shoes on the Capitol lawn represent 7,182 students who were killed in U.S. schools since 2012.
By Allison Graves• March 16, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ron Tusler stated on August 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Less mass shootings under Trump!"
By Eric Litke• August 6, 2019
Bloggers stated on October 28, 2018 in a post on Instagram:
"A 97 year-old Holocaust survivor was killed for being Jewish yesterday. In the United States. Let that sink in."    
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 2, 2018
College presidents stated on December 19, 2012 in in a letter:
In 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire. 1,773 were victims of homicide; 67 were elementary school-age children.
By Janel Davis• January 18, 2013
Gwen Moore stated on October 07, 2010 in a news release:
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
By Tom Kertscher• December 2, 2010
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence stated on June 17, 2014 in a gun-control rally claim:
An average of nine children a day in the U.S. die of gunshot wounds.
By Ian K. Kullgren• June 27, 2014

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By Michael Williams• May 9, 2023

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By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2016

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By Caryn Shinske• January 16, 2013

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By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg• July 10, 2016

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

By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman• February 23, 2018

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

By Joshua Gillin• January 6, 2017

Fact-checking claims about the Colorado attack at a gathering supporting hostages held by Hamas

By Loreben Tuquero• June 4, 2025

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

By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2018

What is the citizenship status of terrorist suspects in the United States?

By Amy Sherman• December 29, 2015

When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories

By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024

Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings

By Manuela Tobias• June 7, 2018

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By Chris Nichols• February 23, 2018

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By Aaron Sharockman• June 3, 2014

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By Chris Nichols• October 12, 2017

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

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

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