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Doug Jones stated on March 21, 2018 in :
"States that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."
By John Kruzel• March 24, 2018
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 10, 2013
Kamala Harris stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation:
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 22, 2024
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on January 24, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check."
By Molly Moorhead• January 30, 2013
Joy Reid stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet:
"One-third of Floridians own guns. One-third."  
By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman• February 15, 2018
Paul Soglin stated on March 23, 2018 in a public forum:
"If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder."  
By Taylor Palmby• July 12, 2018
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
Bernie Sanders stated on February 18, 2018 in a statement on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks."
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson• February 20, 2018
Edward Flynn stated on March 01, 2013 in a TV interview:
Research found that "over the course of the existence of the Brady Bill ban, the use of assault weapons in crimes decreased by two thirds."  
By Dave Umhoefer• March 11, 2013
Terry McAuliffe stated on October 15, 2015 in an executive order.:
"It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows." 
By Sean Gorman• November 2, 2015
Pricey Harrison stated on February 15, 2018 in a tweet:
"The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership."
By Paul Specht• March 5, 2018
Beto O'Rourke stated on July 30, 2019 in in a debate:
Says "we lose nearly 40,000 people in this country to gun violence, a number that no other country comes even close to."
By Madlin Mekelburg• August 2, 2019
Scott Jenkins stated on January 13, 2020 in remarks:
“There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.”
By Warren Fiske• February 5, 2020
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
Gavin Newsom stated on June 02, 2017 in a tweet:
"Americans are 25x more likely to be shot & killed than others in developed countries."
By Chris Nichols• June 14, 2017
Matthew Dowd stated on May 24, 2022 in an interview:
“50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”
By Tom Kertscher• May 25, 2022
Steve Bullock stated on March 07, 2018 in an interview in Milwaukee:
"A quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks."
By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2018
Shelia Stubbs stated on February 02, 2022 in Public statement:
"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
By D.L. Davis• February 18, 2022
Cory Booker stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week:
"When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."
By Amy Sherman• May 20, 2019
Joe Scarborough stated on October 02, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."
By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2015

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Special report: Examining the state of gun research

By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2013

Special report: Examining the state of gun research

By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 29, 2013

Thompson's gun claim low on ammo

By David Baumann• August 28, 2007

PolitiFact Sheet: 3 things to know about the 'gun show loophole'

By Amy Sherman• January 7, 2016

Do gun background checks work? What the research shows

By Amy Sherman• January 2, 2020

Top 10 fact-checks on guns

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 15, 2013

How do we prevent school shootings?

By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2018

In the crossfire: Fact-checking claims about guns

By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2015

Spending bill's gun research line: Does it nullify Dickey amendment?

By Jon Greenberg• March 27, 2018

Despite Trump remarks on El Paso and Dayton, it's a weak link between video games, mass shootings

By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2019

Fact-checking guns ahead of Wisconsin's special session

By Eric Litke• November 6, 2019

Gun violence spiked during pandemic, even as the deadliest mass shootings waned

By Noah Y. Kim• March 23, 2021

Fact-checking reactions to gun proposal's failure

By Molly Moorhead• April 18, 2013

Fact-checking the Jan. 3 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• January 3, 2016

7 things to know about guns and gun violence after Orlando

By Linda Qiu• June 12, 2016

Fact-checking 2020 candidates at the California Democratic Convention

By Chris Nichols• June 1, 2019

Fact-checking the March For Our Lives

By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 24, 2018

Retiring Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher• January 8, 2018

7 things to know about guns and gun violence after Orlando

By Linda Qiu• June 13, 2016

In the wake of nation's latest mass shooting, what we know about guns from five fact-checks

By D.L. Davis, Tom Kertscher• November 9, 2018