The Washington Post is calling out President Joe Biden for making a statement about the Second Amendment devoid of facts.
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In a speech he delivered last week, Biden advocated for more gun control, calling for stricter background checks in order to weed out potential threats. During the address, he claimed the Second Amendment has, “from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own.”
“You couldn’t buy a cannon!” the president added.
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The Post awarded Biden four “Pinocchios” for the statement Monday.
David Kopel, research director and Second Amendment project director for the Independence Institute, said, “Everything in that statement is wrong.”
Upon the ratification of the Second Amendment in 1791, Kopel explained, “there were no federal laws about the type of gun you could own, and no states limited the kind of gun you could own.”
“Some readers might think this is a relatively inconsequential flub,” added Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler. “But we disagree. Every U.S. president has a responsibility to get American history correct, especially when he’s using a supposed history lesson in service of a political objective. The president’s push for more gun restrictions is an important part of his political platform, so he undercuts his cause when he cites faux facts.”
Biden faced criticism for other aspects of his speech, too.
Last week, the Washington Examiner accused the president of “misunderstanding” the Second Amendment altogether.
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“Those who say ‘the blood of patriots,’ you know, and all the stuff about how we’re going to have to move against the government,” he said. “If you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons.”
The Examiner’s Jackson Rickman argued Biden’s comments about the Second Amendment “ignorantly paint law-abiding gun owners as a fanatical threat to America.”
“His words are a mockery not just of those citizens but also of the Constitution,” wrote Rickman. “Responsible gun owners do not seek to overthrow the government. Side note: F-15s and nuclear weapons are not firearms, and civilians are banned from owning them.”