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Search results for "apparent mass shooting attempt involving top officials in our government"

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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
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
Mr. Conservative stated on November 12, 2013 in a Web post:
Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"
By Louis Jacobson• November 12, 2013
Jeb Bush stated on July 17, 2015 in a town hall in Carson City, Nevada:
"A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited."  
By Amy Sherman• July 21, 2015
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook:
“The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.”
By Madison Czopek• July 22, 2022
X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022
Tammy Duckworth stated on June 08, 2016 in a tweet:
Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."
By Kevin Hoffman• July 15, 2016
Pierre Thomas stated on May 25, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":
From 2000 to 2008, we averaged "about five mass shootings a year. We're now averaging 15. So that's a three-fold increase."
By Jon Greenberg• May 28, 2014
Barack Obama stated on May 23, 2013 in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.:
Says that since he took office, "there have been no large-scale attacks on the United States."
By Louis Jacobson• May 24, 2013
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
Joy Behar stated on March 23, 2021 in a TV segment:
"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."
By Bill McCarthy• March 25, 2021
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
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
Katie McGinty stated on June 13, 2016 in in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer:
"He leant his name to a bill, did little or nothing three years ago to try to get it passed, (and) since then has done absolutely nothing other than disavow any attempt to move on the legislation."
By Anna Orso• June 15, 2016
X posts stated on September 15, 2024 in a post:
The apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024, was “staged.”
By Sara Swann• September 16, 2024
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on December 10, 2014 in a recent report:
Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.
By April Hunt• December 19, 2014
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X:
“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns."
By Tom Kertscher• March 30, 2021
Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:
There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2022
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

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The facts on mass shootings in the United States

By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• November 8, 2017

Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended

By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2026

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

By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2025

PolitiFact Wisconsin's most clicked items for August 2019

By D.L. Davis• September 3, 2019

How are school shootings defined?

By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2018

What's true, what's not about Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting

By John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• May 18, 2018

Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what it means

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026

What we know about mass shootings

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

How Russian trolls exploited Parkland mass shooting on social media

By John Kruzel• February 22, 2018

Nihilistic violent extremism: What the FBI term means and why experts warn against overuse

By Amy Sherman• October 13, 2025

When Internet satire gets passed off as "truth"

By Louis Jacobson• November 13, 2013

When online satire gets presented as the facts

By Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2013

Trump apparent assassination attempt: What we know about suspect Ryan Routh's party affiliation

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Amy Sherman• September 17, 2024

How is a ‘mass shooting’ defined?

By Chris Nichols• October 4, 2017

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'

By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022

Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings

By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019

The facts on mass shootings, guns in the United States

By PolitiFact Staff • May 18, 2018

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024

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

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