President Obama is addressing the nation on gun violence right now and let loose with this whopper:

"A violent felon can buy the exact same weapon over the internet with no background check, no questions asked." —@POTUS #StopGunViolence — The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 5, 2016

Not true, Mr. President:

The President is outright lying about online purchases: https://t.co/EtnBbM4bYK — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 5, 2016

This is what is classically called a lie. https://t.co/HFrdMhh716 — Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 5, 2016

This is false https://t.co/RlLK7zPbSW — Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) January 5, 2016

Not even close to being true. https://t.co/pyimtWTBTq — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 5, 2016

https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/684422967347032064

dear god, this is simply untrue… my jaw is down that he would say this (AND tweet it!) https://t.co/VpEYc4jYgU — Political Math (@politicalmath) January 5, 2016

Can’t wait for “fact” “checkers” to go to town on this one! https://t.co/CErTynLsb4 — Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 5, 2016

Good luck with that.

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