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“Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns.”
Dave McCormick 2022 candidate for GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. An ad. Claim dated 4 Apr 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True

What PolitiFact found

Oz campaigns as a gun owner who supports the Second Amendment, but for years he supported gun-control measures.

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In short

Dave McCormick (2022 candidate for GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania) made this claim around 4 April 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 April 2022, 12 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.

Dave McCormick has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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