Which Kind of Gun is Used Most in School Shootings?
This meme implies “assault weapons” are a unique danger and threat in school shootings. But which guns are actually used most often?
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List of Mass Shootings Stopped by Armed Civilians
This meme claims that zero mass shootings were stopped by armed civilians in the last 30 years. By any reasonable measure this is false.
What Is The Murder Rate If We Exclude Cities Like Chicago?
This meme claims that the US is 3rd in murders worldwide, but we’d be 4th from the bottom if we took out Chicago, Detroit, D.C. and New Orleans. It fails on both claims.
Does Japan’s Gun Control Cause Its Low Murder Rate?
This meme highlights the rigorous steps taken to obtain a firearm in Japan. At the end, it cites the low death total from guns in Japan and claims a victorious argument for gun control. But are the two linked?
When the Military Attacks (Civilians)
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 16,000 likes and 11,000 shares. Leaving aside the fact that this guy is holding a shotgun, which isn’t exactly “military-grade”, this meme raises an interesting historical question. Has the…
The Democratic Socialism Ultimatum
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 25,000 likes and 44,000 shares. This meme points to a litany of items that are supposedly examples of democratic socialism, and gives us an ultimatum. Choose democratic socialism, or…
355 Mass Shootings This Year?
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 28,000 likes and 23,000 shares. This meme claims that there have been 355 mass shootings this year in the US (as of December 3rd), an average of more than…
Are These Shooters All Democrats?
Courtesy of Thought Crime Resistance, where it received over 300 likes and 4,000 shares. Similar memes have been sporadically spread by some (though not many) voices on the right, including one by Ted Nugent that…
Guns and Kinder Eggs
Courtesy of Moms Demand Action. This is an older meme, so the amounts of likes and shares can’t be known exactly, but it’s likely in the hundreds of thousands for each. It shows a Kinder…
George Washington and Guns
Courtesy of Steve Reichert’s Facebook page, where it currently has over 85,000 likes and 780,000 shares! The implication of this quote is pretty obvious to the gun control debate, as who could be against the…