“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Marc Short
former senior aide to Trump, Pence. remarks on CNN's "State of the Union". Claim dated 7 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Urban centers do account for a disproportionate share of gun homicides, but not as big as Short suggests. Including suicides, as the term “gun violence” would, makes the share even smaller.
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In short
Marc Short (former senior aide to Trump, Pence) made this claim around 7 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 May 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2023-05-07/segment/01
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