WGAL News 8 On Your Side Investigator Brian Roche examines a political ad that attacks Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s position on guns. The 30-second spot from the National Rifle Association Victory Fund shows a woman being chased by two men in a parking lot. When she gets inside her car and attempts to retrieve a gun from the center console, the weapon disappears. The voiceover says, “She’s got two kids and two jobs, but tonight she may not make it home. Every woman has a right to self-defense, a gun for protection. But Joe Biden would take her rights away.”

Biden has not said he wants to take away anyone’s Second Amendment right to own a gun, so this claim is false. The ad also states, “For decades, Joe Biden has opposed your gun rights.” This statement is misleading because Biden is not opposed to gun ownership. He claims he owns several weapons. Biden has been a longstanding proponent of gun control. He wants to ban the manufacturing, sale and importing of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. He wants to regulate the possession of existing assault weapons, including the registration of those weapons. Biden has proposed a buyback program for assault weapons, which he acknowledges is a long shot. Biden also wants to require universal background check legislation for almost all gun sales and end the online sales of firearms and ammunition. While Biden has proposed a number of ideas that do not sit well with gun owners, there is no evidence, and subsequently no truth, to the specific claim in this ad that he wants to take away gun ownership rights.  [full article]