Two weeks after the shooting, a White House meeting aimed at hashing out responsive legislation was held. National debate about gun control reignited in the wake of the Valentine’s Day 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 14 students and three staff members. The quote is real, but Biden didn’t say it. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook group that shared the post. "Donald Trump is the one who said that quote, and I was making fun of the fact that the NRA supported him, even though he was so strongly in favor of seizing guns from people, and is now fighting against Biden, who is not really any worse than Trump was on gun rights." "That was a joke aimed at the NRA for being such hypocrites," he said. Former President Donald Trump suggested the strategy in 2018 after a fatal school shooting.Ĭohen told USA TODAY the post was satire aimed at the National Rifle Association. Cohen’s comment received nearly 700 likes.īut the gun control quote didn't come from Biden. The post is a screenshot of what appears to be a Facebook comment made by the former vice presidential pick for the Libertarian ticket Spike Cohen.
“Good thing the NRA would never endorse anyone who would say something like that.” Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early,’” an Oct. “This is the Joe Biden quote that makes me the most angry: ‘Take the guns first. But posts on social media claim some politicians have suggested particularly extreme measures. Gun control has long been a contentious topic in America.
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