'Not even close to being true': Obama just lied about buying guns online

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

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) 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

Wow.
…just, wow. https://t.co/Q0LMKyY5ga

— It’s Just Jenn (@JennJacques) January 5, 2016

https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/684418680927694849

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/684422729769070597

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

— PoliMath (@politicalmath) January 5, 2016

Absolute, shameful lie. https://t.co/MFzsWTbDh3

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) 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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