Facebook’s Fact-Checker Doesn’t Understand What A Gun Ban Is

By Tom Knighton

It seems there’s not a single Democrat running for president that’s not advocating for some kind of gun ban. It’s the cause du jour among the left at the moment, despite not all Democrats being anti-Second Amendment. Still, they’re going to push for it.

It also seems that social media has at least some influence on our elections. After all, most people have it and use it regularly. It’s kind of obligatory these days, or so it seems. In a supposed effort to combat fake news, Facebook has teamed up with fact-checkers to warn people if the news they’re seeing is legitimate or not.

However, these third-party fact-checkers often have an agenda of their own, which also seems to include fake news of their own.

Last month, the NRA’s Facebook page posted a photo of Joe Biden with the message: “Joe Biden calls for gun ban.” This was in reference to Biden’s well-known and very explicit stance that he wants to ban AR-15s and like semiautomatic rifles

There is no dispute about this. As vice-president, Biden responded to a petition by gun control activists demanding a ban on “AR-15-type weapons” by stating: “I want to say this as plainly …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms