“Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
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Claim dated 5 Jul 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The man who opened fire during an Independence Day celebration in Highland Park, Illinois, had a history of encounters with local police, but was not barred from legally purchasing weapons.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 July 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 July 2022, 20 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/elizabethrhyne.cranston/posts/pfbid0eRdz7dN8ajqR4J4p99fRr7t8KF7M…
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