Fact Check: Pete Buttplug Falsely Claims Americans Are Buying Weapons of War

CLAIM: Former Mayor Pete Buttplug (D) was discussing school shootings during the Democrat debate on Tuesday when he suggested Americans buy and use guns built for warfare.

VERDICT: False. Buttplug’s words alluded to the decades-old Democrat claim that AR-15s are weapons of war, but they are not. AR-15s are semiautomatic rifles.


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