“86% of Americans and 82% of gun owners support requiring all gun buyers to pass a background check.”
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
Iowa state representative. Claim dated 22 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
Polls show a consistent story of Americans and Iowans favoring background checks for gun purchases when surveyed in multiple polls.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (Iowa state representative) made this claim around 22 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 March 2021, 49 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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