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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...

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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.

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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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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...

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Were Backpacks Banned After a School Shooting? Students in Idaho used snow sleds, grocery carts, and laundry baskets to carry their books...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Does Biden Want To Abolish the Second Amendment? President Trump and his administration have asserted the claim on more than one occasion.

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Did Biden Say the Second Amendment Is ‘Obsolete’? A routine review of content labeled satire.

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