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Steve Israel stated on October 02, 2017 in an op-ed in the "New York Times":

Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."

By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2017

Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN:

"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."

By Lauren Carroll• October 23, 2014

Dave McCormick stated on April 04, 2022 in an ad:

Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns."

By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2022

Rahm Emanuel stated on April 02, 2013 in a CNN interview:

Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."

By Becky Bowers• April 9, 2013

Jack Kingston stated on December 18, 2012 in :

"Connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons."

By Willoughby Mariano• January 2, 2013

Matt Gaetz stated on August 10, 2019 in an interview on Fox News:

In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."

By Amy Sherman• August 19, 2019

Facebook posts stated on April 01, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

“A todos los hispanoamericanos se les borraran sus deudas...porque quieren luchar contra la recesión que se avecina”.

By Maria Briceño• April 5, 2024

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 April 03, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Esta imagen muestra “los escombros en Taiwán, tras el terremoto de 7.4".

By Marta Campabadal Graus• April 4, 2024

Facebook posts stated on October 08, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Estas son imágenes del huracán Milton en Florida.

By Maria Briceño• October 21, 2024

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

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell stated on January 22, 2021 in public comments:

"86% of Americans and 82% of gun owners support requiring all gun buyers to pass a background check."

By Mary Hartel• March 12, 2021

Ron Johnson stated on February 18, 2014 in a public meeting:

Even though Chicago has "the most stringent gun laws on the books," it still "has the highest murder rate" in the country.

By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2014

Viral image stated on September 25, 2015 in a viral Internet post:

Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world."

By Katie Sanders• September 30, 2015

Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund stated on May 19, 2013 in a television ad:

A law that mandates fingerprinting for gun purchasers is "a requirement that's reduced gun crimes in the five states where it's the law."

By Louis Jacobson• May 23, 2013

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

Bloggers stated on July 31, 2018 in a blog post:

Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense."

By Bill McCarthy• August 2, 2018

Mark Kelly stated on August 12, 2013 in an opinion column on NJ.com:

"Polls show that 96 percent of New Jerseyans – and 95 percent of gun households in the state – support expanding background checks to keep guns away from those who shouldn’t have them."

By Caryn Shinske• August 18, 2013

Mark Kelly stated on October 04, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union":

"We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."

By Linda Qiu• October 4, 2015

S.E. Cupp stated on September 13, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":

"The CDC issued a report commissioned by President Obama just earlier this year, and it found some very inconvenient facts. Armed citizens are less likely harmed by attackers. Effectiveness of gun control laws is mixed. Gun buybacks don't work."

By Becky Bowers• September 18, 2013

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