How AP Screwed Gun Control Fact Check After Dem Debate

By Tom Knighton

Fact-checking is an odd sort of art. I’m often amazed at the contortions some so-called fact-checkers go through in order to demonize their opponents and to shield their allies.

Now, I’m sure some fact-checkers are really trying to do it right. I’m sure there are honest mistakes made in good faith by these individuals.

Well, the Associated Press offered up a fact-check regarding the Democratic debate earlier this week. Of particular interest was their fact check on gun control and just how wrong it is.

PETE BUTTIGIEG: “On guns, we are this close to an assault weapons ban. That would be huge.”

AMY KLOCHUBAR: “I just keep thinking of how close we are to finally getting something done on this.”

THE FACTS: No, the U.S. is not close to enacting an assault-weapons ban, as Buttigieg claimed, nor close on any significant gun control, as Klobuchar had it. Congress is not on the verge of such legislation. Prospects for an assault-weapons ban, in particular, are bound to remain slim until the next election at least.

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Source:: Bearing Arms