Illicit guns only
"US representatives promise implement of UN gun-control plans"
— PunditFact on Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
It wasn't that much
A recent spending bill had at least "$1.6 billion in there ... for schools to give them an opportunity to secure them."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, May 24th, 2018
'All' goes too far
"Paul Ryan has blocked all action to strengthen our gun laws."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, April 6th, 2018
Latest study says 13%
"A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, March 16th, 2018
Bad math, sloppy budget history
"The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, March 9th, 2018
Texas passed similar law in 2013
Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
Ignores terrorism surge
In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
Deutch uses faulty evidence
"Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."
— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, February 23rd, 2018
14 school shooting stat is inflated
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."
Meme leaves a lot out
In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
School shooting definition key
"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."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, February 15th, 2018
You can't use one, but you can own one
"Bump stocks are already illegal in the state of New York. You can't buy one."
— PolitiFact New York on Friday, November 17th, 2017
Impossible to say with certainty
"The Democrats filibustered the legislation that would’ve resulted in this shooter being in federal prison instead of murdering those innocents in that Texas church."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, November 10th, 2017
Background checks run by licensed sellers, not by private sellers
"There are no background checks on long guns (AR15s) in Texas."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, November 6th, 2017
Numbers aren't right for rare events
"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."
— PunditFact on Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Violent crime with a firearm has gone down
"Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County"
— PolitiFact New York on Friday, August 11th, 2017
Drop not tied to the law
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Takes a leap to make this conclusion
Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
Trump misses the truth by three years
In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city.
— PolitiFact Illinois on Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
Record includes votes for judges on the other side of rulings
"During his 18-year Senate career, (Russ Feingold) supported judges who voted to deny your individual Second Amendment right. … (He) promises to protect those rights, but that's not what his record shows."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, October 19th, 2016