claim: "we sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."
author: mark kelly
evidence_1: mar 16, 2018 ... "a quarter of our guns are sold outside of the background checks." ... i-vt., said on  nbc's "meet the press" that "40 percent of the guns in this ...
evidence_2: feb 20, 2018 ... the senator from vermont says 40 percent of guns are sold without a ... no, 40%  of firearms aren't purchased without a background check ... we thought we had  long ago buried this false claim that 40 percent of guns are sold ...
evidence_3: feb 20, 2018 ... "we have to end the absurdity of the gun show loophole," sanders said ... bernie  sanders, i-vt., repeated a false claim that 40 percent of guns are sold without a ...  the study found that 30 percent to 40 percent of all gun transactions ... the  answer: 22 percent obtained their gun without a background check.
evidence_4: oct 16, 2015 ... clinton made this statement while decrying what she called a “loophole” in the  law that permitted guns sales without a background check. “we ...
evidence_5: mar 16, 2017 ... she said, "experts estimate that 40 percent of gun sales occur in ... we checked  whether a longstanding talking point from advocates of tighter gun ... the answer:  22 percent obtained their gun without a background check.