Following the tragedy in Las Vegas, news outlets, TV personalities, online bloggers and social media players have all made varying claims about gun policies and statistics in America.

Misinformation has been spread and clarification is needed on semi-automatic vs. automatic weapons, how we define mass shootings, and many other terms regularly addressed in the conversations surrounding guns.

PolitiFact National Editor Angie Holan explains which claims the team has explored and separates fact from fiction.