Joe Biden’s Flawed Gun Control Speech, Analyzed Point by Point

Virginia KrutaJune 11, 2024

President Joe Biden ‍recently spoke at the ⁣annual ‌Gun Sense University conference hosted by ‌Everytown, a gun control advocacy group. His remarks, closely following his son⁤ Hunter Biden’s conviction on gun-related felonies, were critiqued for factual ⁣inaccuracies. Biden reiterated some ‍previously debunked claims and introduced new errors. Critics like Greg Price‍ highlighted Biden’s incorrect statements about never having been a professor at Penn,‌ inaccurately teaching a⁣ constitutional law class on the Second Amendment, and the legality ⁣of cannon ownership during⁣ the era the Second Amendment was implemented.‍ Additionally, Biden misquoted Thomas Jefferson ‌and made mistaken claims about the firearm industry’s immunity‌ and the necessity of possessing military-grade weapons like F-15s for resisting governmental‌ tyranny. The dialogue around these inaccuracies contributes to the ongoing scrutiny of Biden’s stance and statements on gun control legislation.

President Joe Biden delivered remarks on Tuesday at gun control advocacy group Everytown’s annual conference, Gun Sense University — and as is often the case when Biden speaks about guns, critics were quick to point out a series of factual errors.

Biden’s comments, which came within hours of his embattled son Hunter Biden’s conviction on several gun-related felonies, included a few of his oft-repeated — and already debunked — claims, in addition to a few new additions.

Greg Price noted several mistakes that Biden whipped through in under a minute — from debunked claims about his alleged history as a professor to the assertion that the Second Amendment was written in a time when individuals were not permitted to own cannons.

“Joe Biden in less than a minute,” Price began, adding, “Claims he was a professor at Penn, which he never was; Claims he taught a constitutional law class on the second amendment, which he never did; Says that you couldn’t own a cannon when 2A was implemented, which you could; And ends by failing miserably to say the phrase ‘the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots.’”

Joe Biden in less than a minute:

– Claims he was a professor at UPenn, which he never was
– Claims he taught a constitutional law class on the second amendment, which he never did
– Says that you couldn’t own a cannon when 2A was implemented, which you could
– And ends by… pic.twitter.com/64nA2qwmW0

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 11, 2024

“There has never been a time that says you could own anything you want. Never. You couldn’t own a cannon during the Civil War. No, I’m serious. Think about it,” Biden said — but as the New York Post reported, the few laws passed regarding cannons during the 19th century were primarily focused on “limiting where they could be discharged, restricting the sale of the weapon to children and regulating how gunpowder could be stored.”

It is still legal to own Civil War era cannons in the United States.

A fact check on Biden’s speech today, one I have done many times: You can own a cannon. pic.twitter.com/LIuLje5bm0

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) June 11, 2024

And as for the late President Thomas Jefferson’s quote — “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” — Biden’s version was as follows: “How much have you heard this phrase, ‘the blood of liberty … washes those’ – give me a break.”

GunOwners of America added a few more infractions to Price’s list:

“Oh don’t forget @JoeBiden also: Said Americans would need F-15s to resist his tyrannical government (You wouldn’t); Claimed the firearm industry is the only industry with immunity (They aren’t); Claimed that guns kill more children than car accidents and cancer combined (They don’t); Got the name of the federal agency responsible for gun control wrong (AFT).”

Oh don’t forget @JoeBiden also:

– Said Americans would need F-15s to resist his tyrannical government (You wouldn’t)
– Claimed the firearm industry is the only industry with immunity (They aren’t)
– Claimed that guns kill more children than car accidents and cancer combined… https://t.co/r5ERatCJBX

— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) June 11, 2024

Biden also repeated his call to ban “assault weapons,” saying that he did not understand who needed a magazine that could “hold 200 shells.”

Biden (again) calls for a ban on “assault weapons,” which he later calls “weapons of war.”

“Who in God’s name needs a magazine that can hold 200 shells?” he adds. pic.twitter.com/SriVyyU1SJ

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 11, 2024

As Biden spoke, he was briefly interrupted by a pro-Palestinian protester who accused him of being “complicit in a genocide” because he has continued to support Israel in its ongoing war against Hamas terrorists.