Fact-checking Biden's Pennsylvania speech on gun violence
Posted on AllSides September 2nd, 2022
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FACT CHECK
President Joe Biden on Tuesday pushed for stricter gun laws and more police funding as the answer to gun violence as Republicans paint the Democratic Party as soft on crime.
Speaking about his "Safer America Plan" in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Biden used the speech to call for a ban on assault-style weapons to address mass shootings and sought to portray Republicans as opposed to the law enforcement resources needed to stem the crime wave gripping many major cities.
Here are three checks on the claims Biden made during his remarks.
“For 10 years, mass shootings...
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