Tammy Baldwin – A mostly on target claim: 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | A mostly on target claim: 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks

Students planning a national school walkout, angry that more hasn’t been done to protect them from school shootings, might have more support from adults than they realize when it comes to gun control. The walkouts are planned for March 14, 2018, the one-month anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 people dead. Speaking about Parkland, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is being challenged by two Republicans in her bid for re-election, made a claim about background checks that might sound extreme. At a WisPolitics event on Feb. 22, 2018, eight days after the shooting, the …

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