‘There are 30,000 Gun Related Deaths Per Year by Firearms’
An authoritatively worded social media post about guns is a long-circulating mixture of decontextualized statistics and opinion.
Search Results for: gun control
‘Last Year Guns Killed’ Protest Sign
A protest sign from 2018 claims that “last year,” guns killed more than 10,000 Americans and compared that statistic to gun deaths in other countries.
Are Venezuelans Being ‘Shot in the Streets’ After a 2012 Gun Ban?
An April 30 2019 text-based Facebook post (archived here) claiming that 2012 gun control legislation in Venezuela prompted political unrest was shared over 100,000 times in a few days: https://www.facebook.com/david.o.jeffcoat/posts/10218751538115494 The status update, which came in text form without news links or other form of citation or context, and it drew a direct line between […]
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 […]
72 People Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation by National Guard in Boston-Fiction!
A satirical article of 1995 recasts the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War to make a point about gun rights, stating that 72 People Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation by National Guard.
President Trump Rolled Back Law Blocking Gun Sales to the Mentally Ill-Truth!
President Trump signed a law rolling back Obama-era measures to strengthen background checks to prevent gun sales to people with mental illnesses.
Joe Biden: Texas Church Shooting Hero Shouldn't Have Owned Gun-
Joe Biden didn’t say that the hero who stopped the Sutherland Springs church shooter shouldn’t have been allowed to own a gun.
President Trump Impeachment Process Has Begun-Fiction!
Congress has not begun the impeachment process for President Trump, despite reports to the contrary.
Thomas Jefferson: “Those Who Hammer Their Guns into Plows” Quote-Incorrect Attribution!
Thomas Jefferson has been quoted as saying, “Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.”
California Gun Law Takes Effect January 2016, Guns to be Confiscated Without Notice- Truth! & Fiction!
California Gun Law Takes Effect January 2016, Guns to be Confiscated Without Notice- Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A new gun law taking effect in California on January 1, 2016, will allow police to seize guns without prior notice. The Truth: Viral rumors about a California gun law taking effect on January 1, 2016, are […]
