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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

Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:

There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 21, 2022

Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:

These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.

By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2021

Bloggers stated on August 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Say “Sam Hyde identified as perpitrator (sic) of Beirut explosion”

By Jon Greenberg • August 5, 2020

Viral image stated on August 8, 2019 in a post on Facebook:

Says a crisis actor played the parts of a shooting victim and the mothers of shooting victims in Las Vegas, Orlando and Thousand Oaks.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 14, 2019

Facebook posts stated on August 4, 2019 in Facebook posts:

The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."

By Daniel Funke • August 5, 2019

Michael Williams stated on October 17, 2017 in press release:

"Many firearms experts determined the Las Vegas shooter’s use of a bump stock actually prevented more casualties and (injuries) due to its inconsistency, inaccuracy, and lack of control."

By Allison Colburn • November 13, 2017

Hillary Clinton stated on October 9, 2017 in a speech at the University of California at Davis:

"There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."

By Chris Nichols • October 10, 2017

Chris Taylor stated on October 4, 2017 in a news conference:

In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."

By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017

Newsweek stated on October 2, 2017 in an article:

"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."

By John Kruzel • October 6, 2017

HoustonChronicle-tv.com stated on October 4, 2017 in a web post:

"Celine Dion’s 16-year-old Rene-Charles Angelil’s was among the 58 victims who were killed" in Las Vegas.

By Sophie Kaplan • October 4, 2017

Tammy Baldwin stated on October 3, 2017 in a news release:

The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.

By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2017

Hillary Clinton stated on October 2, 2017 in a tweet:

"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."

By Manuela Tobias • October 4, 2017

HoustonChronicle-tv.com stated on October 3, 2017 in a blog post:

Says "the Kardashians donate whopping sum to Las Vegas mass shooting victims"

By Miriam Valverde • October 3, 2017

Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2022 in in a post:

"More people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 27, 2022

Amy Klobuchar stated on February 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 20, 2020

Pete Buttigieg stated on January 26, 2020 in a Fox News town hall in Des Moines:

"More than 80% of Republicans think we ought to at least be doing universal background checks."

By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2020

Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2019 in remarks in Morristown, N.J.:

Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."

By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand stated on June 2, 2019 in a Fox News town hall:

"Remember after the shooting in Las Vegas, (President Donald Trump) said, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to ban the bump stocks.’ Did he ban the bump stocks? No."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2019

Rudy Giuliani stated on August 6, 2018 in a tweet:

There were "63 murders this weekend" in Chicago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s legacy is "more murders in his city than ever before."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 7, 2018

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