“In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
Joe Biden
president. Claim dated 28 Mar 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
You can own a machine gun in some states, but there are a lot of restrictions and they are expensive.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 28 March 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 April 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly 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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