Joe says he’s a “Second Amendment guy” —but we’re not so sure.
During a visit to Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer, in Durham, North Carolina on Tuesday, President Biden responded to the horrific shooting at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.
But his angry rant wasn’t entirely accurate.
From Fox News:
The president, who describes himself as a “Second Amendment guy,” said the weapons used on Monday were “weapons of war” and that the right to bear arms is not absolute.
“You’re not allowed to go out and own an automatic weapon. You’re not allowed to own a machine gun. You’re not allowed to own a flamethrower,” Biden said. “You’re not allowed to own so many other things. Why in God’s name do we allow these weapons of war on our streets and in our public schools?”
In the U.S., it is not illegal to own a flamethrower nor is it illegal to own a machine gun.
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He continued making claims about firearms, especially when it comes to the death of children.
“This is hard to believe,” he said. “I never thought when I started my public life that guns would be the No. 1 killer of children in America. Guns. No. 1. It’s sick and overwhelming; a majority of gun owners agree we have to do something.”
Based on the latest available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearms are not the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 1 and 17 – motor vehicles are.
If we want to have an honest debate about gun control, we have to be honest, Joe.
More over at Fox News:
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