{"id":130863,"date":"2020-07-01T11:19:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T15:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=130863"},"modified":"2020-07-01T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:36:26","slug":"politifact-busts-joe-biden-for-false-gun-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/politifact-busts-joe-biden-for-false-gun-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"PolitiFact Busts Joe Biden For False 2A Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Joe Biden is leading president Trump in the polls by 9 percent, according to the latest polls.<\/a> (Photo: WIRED<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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How can any gun owner take Joe Biden seriously?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honest question.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, not only has Biden told folks that ARs are<\/a> \u201charder to use\u201d and \u201charder to aim\u201d than shotguns, but he has also advised homeowners who feel threatened by a potential invader to empty their double-barreled shotgun into the air, \u201cfire two blasts outside the house,\u201d and, more recently, told police to shoot knife-wielding attackers<\/a> \u201cin the leg\u201d as opposed to center mass.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, we have yet another foot-in-mouth situation.  About a month ago Biden did a video interview for WIRED<\/a> in which he claimed that part of the reason why one should support a ban on “assault weapons” is because cannons were outlawed during the Revolutionary War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Gun-related content begins around the 8-minute mark. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They [“assault weapons”] have no rationale for being owned by individuals on the street,” Biden said. “They should be outlawed. \u2026 From the very beginning, you weren’t allowed to have certain weapons. You weren’t allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s false! Biden is talking out of his behind. As Politifact<\/a> pointed out: <\/p>\n\n\n\n