“You couldn't buy a cannon" when the Second Amendment was passed.”
Joe Biden
U.S. President. Gun violence prevention meeting. Claim dated 3 Feb 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
No federal or state laws barred possession of cannons at the time, experts have said. Individuals actually could get special waivers to use privately owned ships carrying cannons during wartime.
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In short
Joe Biden (U.S. President) made this claim around 3 February 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 February 2022, 4 days later. 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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