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Facebook posts said that a 4-time convicted felon named Dennis Butler opened fire in a shooting on a graduation party in Charleston West Virginia with a stolen AR-15 and shot him with a pistol and that CNN ABC NBC and MSNBC didn't report it.
Did CNN, NBC, and ABC Not Cover the Dennis Butler Shooting in West Virginia? According to The Associated Press, a woman in Charleston, West Virginia shot and killed a...
    Mostly True
Did CNN, NBC, and ABC Not Cover the Dennis Butler Shooting in West Virginia?
Amnesty International issued U.S. travel advisory due to gun violence
Did Amnesty International Issue Travel Advisory for US After Shootings? Incidents of gun violence have not abated in the country.
    True
Did Amnesty International Issue Travel Advisory for US After Shootings?
background check
A National Database for Sudafed, but No Background Check for Ammo? The Uvalde massacre in May 2022 focused attention, once again, on the ease of availability...
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A National Database for Sudafed, but No Background Check for Ammo?
Flag, Symbol, Person
Is Gun Manufacturing Only US Industry That’s Exempt From Being Sued? U.S. President Joe Biden made the claim in New York City while discussing gun violence...
    False
Is Gun Manufacturing Only US Industry That’s Exempt From Being Sued?
backpacks banned after school shooting
Were Backpacks Banned After a School Shooting? Students in Idaho used snow sleds, grocery carts, and laundry baskets to carry their books...
    Mostly True
Were Backpacks Banned After a School Shooting?
Parents of someone who died in the 2018 Parkland shooting tricked David Keene a former NRA president into speaking at a fake graduation speech.
Did Gun Violence Prevention Group Trick Ex-NRA Chief into Speaking at Fake Graduation? Videos showed David Keene, who led the NRA from 2011 to 2013, speaking in front...
    True
Did Gun Violence Prevention Group Trick Ex-NRA Chief into Speaking at Fake Graduation?
As of April 2021, the design and production of teddy bears are subject to more consumer safety regulations than that of firearms.
Guns vs. Teddy Bears: Which Has More Consumer Safety Regulations in the US? A widely-shared tweet in April 2021 alluded to a striking loophole in U.S. consumer safety...
    True
Guns vs. Teddy Bears: Which Has More Consumer Safety Regulations in the US?
Person, Human, Face
Did Rep. Lauren Boebert Repeatedly Pose With AR-15s? The controversial first-term Republican was accused of rank hypocrisy in the aftermath of yet another...
    Mixture
Did Rep. Lauren Boebert Repeatedly Pose With AR-15s?
nra
Did NRA Celebrate the Overturning of Weapons Ban in Boulder Days Before Mass Shooting? Less than two weeks before a gunman killed 10 people at a Boulder supermarket, a...
    True
Did NRA Celebrate the Overturning of Weapons Ban in Boulder Days Before Mass Shooting?
The Atlanta shooting suspect purchased a gun the same day as the massage spa murders, prior to the killings.
Did Atlanta Shooting Suspect Purchase Gun Same Day as Massacre? A viral tweet claimed that the shooting suspect in the Atlanta spa killings purchased a...
    True
Did Atlanta Shooting Suspect Purchase Gun Same Day as Massacre?
Does Biden Want To Abolish the Second Amendment? President Trump and his administration have asserted the claim on more than one occasion.
    Mostly False
Does Biden Want To Abolish the Second Amendment?
Did Biden Say the Second Amendment Is ‘Obsolete’? A routine review of content labeled satire.
    Labeled Satire
Did Biden Say the Second Amendment Is ‘Obsolete’?
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