{"id":1657161,"date":"2022-09-25T10:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657161"},"modified":"2022-09-25T10:06:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T14:06:02","slug":"biden-repeats-false-claim-about-ar-15-bullet-velocity-in-call-for-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-repeats-false-claim-about-ar-15-bullet-velocity-in-call-for-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Repeats False Claim About AR-15 Bullet Velocity In Call For Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-repeats-false-claim-about-ar-15-bullet-velocity-in-call-for-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/question-if-joe-biden-were-your-dad-would-you-let-him-live-on-his-own\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/second-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AR-15s<\/a> fire bullets at a velocity that is five times higher than that of other guns is being shot down by people who know guns.<\/p>\n<p>Biden repeated the claim Friday in a speech to the National Education Association teachers union, even though it has been repeatedly debunked. Several rifles and even some handguns fire bullets at a higher velocity than the 2,700-3,100 feet per second of AR-15s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe speed of the bullet is five times that that comes out of the muzzle of most weapons,\u201d Biden said, describing the popular hunting rifle as a \u201cweapon of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden Lies Again!<\/p>\n<p>Biden Repeats False Claims about AR-15 Velocity in Support of a Ban \u2013 JONATHAN TURLEY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elhCZYP1oZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/elhCZYP1oZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A Mad Dog (@AMadMadDog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMadMadDog\/status\/1574021073733128194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although some mass shooters, including the Uvalde and Buffalo killers from earlier this year, have used AR-15-style rifles, most murders are committed with handguns. Advocates of more restrictive gun control laws describe AR-15s and AK-47s as \u201cassault rifles,\u201d although there is no technical definition for the term.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has often repeated the claim that AR-15s shoot bullets at higher velocities than other guns. Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/us\/2022-09-02\/biden-bungled-talking-point-ar15-muzzle-velocity-7193450.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post reported<\/a> that Biden had \u201cbungled the statistic\u201d after he made the same claim in late August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden was clearly wrong in his statement this week,\u201d the Post wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has made other false claims about guns and the Second Amendment. In May of this year, he claimed that when the Second Amendment was enacted, it did not allow people to possess certain weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I might add: The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own,\u201d he said. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t buy a cannon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Historians pointed out that there was no truth to the claim.<\/p>\n<p>AR-15s do fire bullets at high velocities, but nowhere near what Biden claimed, according to ballistics experts. When they exit the barrel, AR-15 bullets are traveling at about twice the speed of bullets fired from a typical handgun.<\/p>\n<p>The White House is pushing hard for new gun control measures ahead of the midterm elections. Vice President Kamala Harris called for a ban on assault rifles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know what an assault weapon is?\u201d Harris said in May. \u201cIt was designed for a specific purpose, to kill a lot of human beings quickly. An assault weapon is a weapon of war, with no place, no place in a civil society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George Washington University law professor <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2022\/05\/26\/president-biden-repeats-false-claim-about-the-second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Turley wrote on his blog<\/a> that banning one particular type of gun would be problematic for courts if it cannot be established that the particular gun is no more powerful than others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are good-faith arguments for gun control, including arguments that the Second Amendment does not create an individual right to bear arms,\u201d Turley wrote. \u201cWe should continue to have that worthy debate but we should follow the rule of the late Sen. Patrick Moynihan that \u2018everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s claim that AR-15s fire bullets at a velocity that is five times higher than that of other guns is being shot down by people who know guns. Biden repeated the claim Friday in a speech to the National Education Association teachers union, even though it has been repeatedly debunked. 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