Did Ronald Reagan Say ‘Under No Pretext Should Arms and Ammunition Be Surrendered’? A meme spreading virally online falsely credits the former president with a distorted version of a quote from Karl Marx.
Dear ‘Ban Gun’ Teenagers, 11 Teens Die a Day from Texting and Driving A bad faith argument about texting and driving deaths aimed at "'ban gun' teenagers" has been shared more than a million times on social media.
Did Dick’s Sporting Goods Lose $150 Million After Reducing Gun Sales? A text meme about the company's purported revenue loss is a paraphrase of a paraphrase.
Is OfficeMax Selling Bullet-Resistant Backpacks? A Facebook post about back-to-school bullet-resistant backpacks went viral, sparking debate and discussion.
Mass Shooter Media Myth On February 2019, television personality John Stossel released a video to Facebook watch, entitled “Media Hype Questionable Gun Control Study/MASS SHOOTER MEDIA MYTH.” That video was first shared to YouTube on December 18 2018. The clip was just under five-and-a-half minutes, and in it, Stossel introduces a segment challenging a purported “media myth” involving mass […]
Did Former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis Say that ‘Pantyhose Wearing’ Politicians’ Gun Laws Angered Him? In January 2019, Facebook page “The Original American Resistance” shared a meme attributing a quote to former United States Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis: The quote at the bottom of the image said: WHAT PISSES ME OFF IS, MY MEN DEFEND FREEDOM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH A GUN. YET WHEN THEY GOME HOME […]
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.
