Donald Trump Holds Rally in Waco, 30 Years After Waco Siege The disgraced former United States president scheduled a rally in Waco, Texas -- three decades after dozens of Branch Davidians died in a lengthy standoff.
Have More Americans Died in Gun-Related Incidents Than Wars Since the Founding of the United States? On December 7 2018, the Facebook page Change The Ref shared this meme (text below): FACT: MORE AMERICANS HAVE DIED OF GUN-RELATED INCIDENTS IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS THAN HAVE DIED IN WAR SINCE THE COUNTRY’S FOUNDING. A caption with the image read: #FckThat Fact of the Day: Did you know that more Americans have died […]
California Bill Requires Bibles to Be Registered as Assault Weapons-Fiction! A satirical story about California requiring Christians to register bibles as assault weapons was mistaken for a factual news report in May 2018.
Pope Francis Says Gun Owners Can't Call Themselves Christians-Mostly Fiction! Pope Francis Gun Owners Aren’t Christian, Calls to Ban All Weapons-Misleading! Summary of eRumor: Pope Francis said that gun owners and those who support gun rights can’t call themselves Christian anymore and are hypocrites. Pope Francis also called for a ban on all weapons. The Truth: Pope Francis has repeatedly spoken out against weapons of […]
Chicago Suburb Approves Ordinance Banning Semi-Automatic Weapons-Truth! The Village of Deerfield, Illinois, approved an ordinance banning the possession of assault weapons within city limits in April 2018.
Emma Gonzalez Admits to Bully Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz-Fiction! False rumors that Emma Gonzalez bullied Nikolas Cruz into opening fire on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School doesn't match the timeline of events that led up to the shooting.
David Hogg Was At Home During Parkland School Shooting-Fiction! False claims that David Hogg was at home during the Parkland school shooting and rode his bike to school later are based on a comment that was taken out of context.
Are Doctors More Dangerous Than Gun Owners? A forwarded email compares the rate of accidental deaths between physicians and gun owners and concludes that the rate of accidental deaths per physician is much higher than the rate of accidental deaths per gun owner.
