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Posts Misleadingly Equate Gun Case Against Hunter Biden With Rapper Kodak Black

Posts Misleadingly Equate Gun Case Against Hunter Biden With Rapper Kodak Black

Hunter Biden, who has no prior criminal history, has reached a plea deal that would avoid jail time for a gun-related charge. Some conservative commentators claim the president’s son is getting special treatment, misleadingly equating his case with one involving a rapper who had a criminal record before getting a 46-month sentence for two gun-related charges.

Posts Mislead on Rules for Guns at NRA Convention, Utah GOP Event

Posts Mislead on Rules for Guns at NRA Convention, Utah GOP Event

The three-day National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis allowed attendees to carry firearms, except for a two-hour period when former President Donald Trump and other leaders spoke in a hall secured by the Secret Service. Yet, social media posts from a Democratic advocacy group misleadingly claimed that “guns were BANNED at the NRA convention.”

Exploring Sen. Murphy’s Claim About ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’

Exploring Sen. Murphy’s Claim About ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’

By some counts, about 60% of U.S. counties are so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries,” which oppose gun laws that they claim are unconstitutional. But that does not necessarily mean that “60% of counties … are refusing to implement the nation’s gun laws,” as Sen. Chris Murphy claimed.