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Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in a video “They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.” Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview. “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings. Chris Murphy stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN “60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.” Tweets stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.” Everytown for Gun Safety stated on October 10, 2022 in an ad “Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.” 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." National Rifle Association stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.” A Better Wisconsin Together stated on September 12, 2022 in Campaign ad Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns." Kathy Hochul stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%. Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Instagram posts stated on October 16, 2022 in an Instagram post A video shows an actor “getting into character before his press interview less than 24 hours after the supposed killing of his 6-year-old daughter." Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2022 in Public statement "To call what happened on January 6 an armed insurrection, I just think is not accurate." Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips Greg Abbott stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.” Instagram posts stated on July 28, 2022 in an Instagram post Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808. Charlie Crist stated on July 14, 2022 in a campaign ad Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals." Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.” Beto O'Rourke stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet "38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore." Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.” Load more
Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in a video “They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.”
Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview. “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
Chris Murphy stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN “60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on October 10, 2022 in an ad “Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.”
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."
National Rifle Association stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”
A Better Wisconsin Together stated on September 12, 2022 in Campaign ad Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns."
Kathy Hochul stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.
Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.
Instagram posts stated on October 16, 2022 in an Instagram post A video shows an actor “getting into character before his press interview less than 24 hours after the supposed killing of his 6-year-old daughter."
Ron Johnson stated on October 4, 2022 in Public statement "To call what happened on January 6 an armed insurrection, I just think is not accurate."
Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Greg Abbott stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
Instagram posts stated on July 28, 2022 in an Instagram post Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808.
Charlie Crist stated on July 14, 2022 in a campaign ad Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.”
Beto O'Rourke stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet "38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore."
Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
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