Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # Did Joe Biden Say 2nd Amendment is a \'Phony Argument\'? ## Social media users misrepresented the president\'s remarks on proposed gun violence prevention measures. ### Nur Ibrahim ### Published April 10, 2021 ![\\"](\\" Biden_delivers_remarks_on_gun_control_measures.jpg\\") Image courtesy of The White House/Wikimedia Commons Claim: On April 8, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden said the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is a “phony argument.” Rating: False About this rating On April 8, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden formally announced his executive orders aimed at ending gun violence. During remarks made in the White House Rose Garden, he called on the Justice Department to, among other measures, crack down on “ghost guns” which are unregistered firearms that can be assembled from kits. Advertisement: The announcement followed two mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado that made headlines in 2021. Some of Biden\'s comments were picked up and misrepresented by conservatives, including U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri who claimed that Biden referred to the Second Amendment as a “phony argument.” Biden’s full comments are recorded in the White House transcript from his speech. He actually said: Advertisement: > But I also — today, we’re taking steps to confront not just the gun crisis, > but what is actually a public health crisis. Nothing — nothing I’m about to > recommend in any way impinges on the Second Amendment. They’re phony, > arguments suggesting that these are Second Amendment rights at stake from > what we’re talking about. The full video of his speech can be seen below. He makes the specific comment at the 4:25 mark: The Second Amendment of the constitution reads: \"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.\" It is fairly clear, if you listen to Biden\'s full remarks, that he did not say that the Second Amendment is a “phony argument.” Rather, he said any arguments that his recommended gun control measures threaten Second Amendment rights are “phony.” As such, we rate this claim as “False.” ### By Nur Ibrahim Nur Nasreen Ibrahim is a reporter with experience working in television, international news coverage, fact checking, and creative writing. ## Article Tags Joe Biden Gun Control 2nd Amendment Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
On April 8 2021 US President Joe Biden said the Second Amendment of the US Constitution is a phony argument