“But you go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want and no background check.”
Joe Biden
President of the United States. White House remarks. Claim dated 8 Apr 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Federal firearm dealers at gun shows must run background checks. Private sales between nondealers are exempt from federal law.
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In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 8 April 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 April 2021. Its rating was “False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Mostly False“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check.”