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Latest Fact-Checks In Guns

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Social Media
stated on April 26, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows “unedited raw security footage” of the shooter at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 29, 2026
Social Media
stated on April 26, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales:
“Tras el atentado a Trump”, en la cena de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca el 25 de abril, “Irán lanza un mensaje fuerte: ‘no le…
False
By Maria Briceño • April 28, 2026
Kash Patel
stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Social Media
stated on January 24, 2026 in posts:
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Only criminals carry guns on our streets, we need law and order.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2026 in a post on Truth Social:
Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.
False
By Madison Czopek • January 6, 2026
X posts
stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post:
A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 12, 2025
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.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2025
Josh Stein
stated on June 6, 2025 in an X post:
“Guns are the leading cause of death for children in North Carolina.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 5, 2025
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on April 17, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Gun violence is the leading killer of college-aged people in the U.S.”
True
By Loreben Tuquero • April 22, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
Instagram posts
stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo of a young man in a tie shows Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The government is arming “illegal immigrants.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • September 26, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“A staffer reveals that Kamala Harris doesn’t actually own a gun.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 23, 2024
X posts
stated on September 4, 2024 in an X post:
“BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • September 5, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta:
Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech:
After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
X posts
stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X:
Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman, Marta Campabadal Graus • July 15, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media:
“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2024
Social Media
stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts:
Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 14, 2024
Social Media
stated on May 30, 2024 in a post:
Under federal law, former President Donald Trump’s “felony convictions mean he can no longer possess guns.”
True
By Sara Swann • May 31, 2024
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