claim: "in 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. they [the obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: apr 12, 2013 ... fact checker | senator says obama has not made it a priority. has any  administration? ... in 2010, there were over 15,000 felons and fugitives who tried  to illegally ... of those 15,000, the obama justice department prosecuted just 44.  ... 48,000, not 15,000 — but the number of prosecutions he cited (44) ...
evidence_2: nov 8, 2017 ... yesterday on fox news, ted cruz went after the obama administration because  “in 2010, 48,000 felons & fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns, [the  obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them.” he touted a 2013 bill he co- sponsored that, among many other gun-related provisions, would ...
evidence_3: "in 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns.  they [the obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them." — politifact  texas ...
evidence_4: jan 13, 2013 ... it is a felony to deliberately provide false information to buy a firearm, though not  ... guns in 2010, according to justice department data, because they lied or  provided ... yet only 44 of those people were charged with a crime. ... by the  obama administration as it considers measures to curb gun violence after ...
evidence_5: nov 7, 2017 ... in 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns; they  prosecuted only 44 of them.” cruz stated: this should have ...