11 People 1458 Fact-checks 879 Articles People (11) Gun Free UT Gun Free UT Everytown for Gun Safety Ohio Gun Owners Georgia Gun Owners Gun Owners of America Coalition to Stop Gun Violence National Association for Gun Rights Mayors Against Illegal Guns Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Fact-checks (1458) National Association for Gun Rights stated on March 01, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations." By Tom Kertscher• March 4, 2021 Beto O'Rourke stated on October 16, 2019 in an interview: "To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns." By Tom Kertscher• October 21, 2019 Stacey Campfield stated on September 11, 2012 in a post on his blog.: Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do." By Richard Locker• September 26, 2012 National Rifle Association stated on October 08, 2016 in a flier.: Hillary Clinton said gun confiscation "would be worth considering." By Warren Fiske• October 17, 2016 Michael Easley Jr. stated on July 12, 2022 in a press conference: “North Carolina is among some of the top states in the country for the number of ghost guns that are seized as crime guns.” By Paul Specht• August 10, 2022 RevolutionRadio.org stated on May 07, 2018 in a headline: "Democrats go full tyranny: now demand nationwide gun confiscation from law-abiding Americans ... at gunpoint, of course." By Amy Sherman• May 10, 2018 Mr. Conservative stated on January 29, 2014 in a blog post: "According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation." By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2014 Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Gov. Tony Evers is “pushing firearm confiscation orders” By Eric Litke• March 25, 2020 Donald Trump stated on August 03, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.” By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2024 Liberty Headlines stated on March 07, 2018 in a headline: "Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges." By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2018 Paul Broun stated on August 10, 2012 in a YouTube video: A United Nations arms treaty would "almost certainly force" the U.S. to "create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation." By Willoughby Mariano• August 10, 2012 Ohio Gun Owners stated on April 21, 2022 in an ad: Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns." By Tom Kertscher• May 2, 2022 Instagram posts stated on March 30, 2021 in Instagram post: “56 million defenseless people ‘rounded up and exterminated’ in the 20th Century because of gun control.” By Michael Majchrowicz• April 9, 2021 National Rifle Association stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad: Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.” By Ben Wells• October 31, 2022 Georgia Gun Owners stated on October 30, 2022 in an ad: "Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed." By Tom Kertscher• November 3, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Kamala Harris said, “If elected & you don’t surrender your guns, I will sign an executive order & the police will show up at your door.” By Madison Czopek• August 17, 2020 Free Thought Project stated on April 18, 2018 in a headline : "It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process." By Allison Graves• April 4, 2018 David Simmons stated on March 03, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." By Jon Greenberg• March 6, 2018 Common Sense News stated on May 03, 2018 in a blog post: Says the "Pope calls for world wide gun confiscation except for the UN" By Jon Greenberg• June 20, 2018 Chain email stated on August 12, 2013 in a document shared via email and social media: A United Nations working group has "adopted a proposed agenda" to enable member nations to "disarm civilians within their borders." By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2013 Articles (879) The Top Five: PolitiFact’s most-clicked August items By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 30, 2013 UN treaty doesn’t mandate international gun registry By W. Gardner Selby• August 29, 2013 Is the U.N. coming to take your guns? By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2013 PolitiFact’s Top 5 reports for February By Steve Contorno, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 5, 2014 Ask PolitiFact: Is the Biden administration pushing for no-knock raids to seize guns? By Noah Y. Kim• April 9, 2021 Looking at the facts behind Rep. Steve King's criticism of Emma Gonzalez By Allison Graves• March 26, 2018 Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009 On violent crime and concealed gun permit holders By Sean Gorman• February 15, 2016 Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy By Miriam Valverde• October 18, 2020 PolitiFact Texas fact-checks the Texas primary contests By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby• March 3, 2014 Trump shared a ‘Kamala’s Project 2025’ graphic that makes inaccurate claims about Harris’ plans By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• September 27, 2024 The facts on guns in 6 charts: A 2018 midterm report By Louis Jacobson• September 30, 2018 Consult your Truth-O-Meter before voting in Texas party primaries By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2014 Federal aid covers most costs of cameras near Texas-Mexico border By W. Gardner Selby• February 7, 2014 Mailbag: "You are clearly out of your league." By • November 8, 2010 The year in social media claims, from True to Pants on Fire By Louis Jacobson• December 26, 2013 Mailbag: Readers call out our recent turkeys By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2015 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 27, 2024 Politicians say the strangest things By Warren Fiske• March 15, 2011 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT Everytown for Gun Safety Ohio Gun Owners Georgia Gun Owners Gun Owners of America Coalition to Stop Gun Violence National Association for Gun Rights Mayors Against Illegal Guns Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund
National Association for Gun Rights stated on March 01, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations." By Tom Kertscher• March 4, 2021 Beto O'Rourke stated on October 16, 2019 in an interview: "To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns." By Tom Kertscher• October 21, 2019 Stacey Campfield stated on September 11, 2012 in a post on his blog.: Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do." By Richard Locker• September 26, 2012 National Rifle Association stated on October 08, 2016 in a flier.: Hillary Clinton said gun confiscation "would be worth considering." By Warren Fiske• October 17, 2016 Michael Easley Jr. stated on July 12, 2022 in a press conference: “North Carolina is among some of the top states in the country for the number of ghost guns that are seized as crime guns.” By Paul Specht• August 10, 2022 RevolutionRadio.org stated on May 07, 2018 in a headline: "Democrats go full tyranny: now demand nationwide gun confiscation from law-abiding Americans ... at gunpoint, of course." By Amy Sherman• May 10, 2018 Mr. Conservative stated on January 29, 2014 in a blog post: "According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation." By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2014 Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Gov. Tony Evers is “pushing firearm confiscation orders” By Eric Litke• March 25, 2020 Donald Trump stated on August 03, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.” By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2024 Liberty Headlines stated on March 07, 2018 in a headline: "Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges." By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2018 Paul Broun stated on August 10, 2012 in a YouTube video: A United Nations arms treaty would "almost certainly force" the U.S. to "create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation." By Willoughby Mariano• August 10, 2012 Ohio Gun Owners stated on April 21, 2022 in an ad: Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns." By Tom Kertscher• May 2, 2022 Instagram posts stated on March 30, 2021 in Instagram post: “56 million defenseless people ‘rounded up and exterminated’ in the 20th Century because of gun control.” By Michael Majchrowicz• April 9, 2021 National Rifle Association stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad: Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.” By Ben Wells• October 31, 2022 Georgia Gun Owners stated on October 30, 2022 in an ad: "Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed." By Tom Kertscher• November 3, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Kamala Harris said, “If elected & you don’t surrender your guns, I will sign an executive order & the police will show up at your door.” By Madison Czopek• August 17, 2020 Free Thought Project stated on April 18, 2018 in a headline : "It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process." By Allison Graves• April 4, 2018 David Simmons stated on March 03, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." By Jon Greenberg• March 6, 2018 Common Sense News stated on May 03, 2018 in a blog post: Says the "Pope calls for world wide gun confiscation except for the UN" By Jon Greenberg• June 20, 2018 Chain email stated on August 12, 2013 in a document shared via email and social media: A United Nations working group has "adopted a proposed agenda" to enable member nations to "disarm civilians within their borders." By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2013
The Top Five: PolitiFact’s most-clicked August items By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 30, 2013 UN treaty doesn’t mandate international gun registry By W. Gardner Selby• August 29, 2013 Is the U.N. coming to take your guns? By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2013 PolitiFact’s Top 5 reports for February By Steve Contorno, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 5, 2014 Ask PolitiFact: Is the Biden administration pushing for no-knock raids to seize guns? By Noah Y. Kim• April 9, 2021 Looking at the facts behind Rep. Steve King's criticism of Emma Gonzalez By Allison Graves• March 26, 2018 Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009 On violent crime and concealed gun permit holders By Sean Gorman• February 15, 2016 Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy By Miriam Valverde• October 18, 2020 PolitiFact Texas fact-checks the Texas primary contests By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby• March 3, 2014 Trump shared a ‘Kamala’s Project 2025’ graphic that makes inaccurate claims about Harris’ plans By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• September 27, 2024 The facts on guns in 6 charts: A 2018 midterm report By Louis Jacobson• September 30, 2018 Consult your Truth-O-Meter before voting in Texas party primaries By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2014 Federal aid covers most costs of cameras near Texas-Mexico border By W. Gardner Selby• February 7, 2014 Mailbag: "You are clearly out of your league." By • November 8, 2010 The year in social media claims, from True to Pants on Fire By Louis Jacobson• December 26, 2013 Mailbag: Readers call out our recent turkeys By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2015 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 27, 2024 Politicians say the strangest things By Warren Fiske• March 15, 2011 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024
