“Millions of people will become felons overnight” because of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.”
Social media posts
United States. Claim dated 11 Aug 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The bill would make it a crime to knowingly “import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon.” Under the bill, current owners of such firearms would be allowed to keep them.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 August 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 August 2022. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/100008296714441/posts/pfbid02sKXQ4SqYNRyjRo1XrpYs5W4LhijiZRYxjDE…
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