David Hogg gets FACT CHECKED on his new NRA-Betsy DeVos conspiracy theory

Greg P. | 10:13 PM on August 24, 2018

On Thursday, anti-gun activist David Hogg made the ludicrous claim that the NRA wants the federal government to allow schools to use federal funds to arm teachers “to increase gun sales in a record low year”:

So we can’t

-afford textbooks for our children
-regularly fund inner-city schools
-pay our teachers a livable salary
-have free public college

Yet, we can arm teachers sounds like the @NRA is pulling strings to increase gun sales in a record low year. https://t.co/Ca8NbMCpyk

— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) August 24, 2018

This just isn’t true:

Gun sales are nearing a record high. Go back to school and learn some math. https://t.co/EhKOGU2bv0

— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) August 24, 2018

More from 2nd Amendment reporter Stephen Gutowski:

There have been about 1 million more FBI background checks, the most reliable indicator of gun sales, this year than last year and this year is on pace to be the second-best in the history of NICS. So, no, gun sales are not experiencing a record low year. https://t.co/3TuvrVnvOu

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) August 24, 2018

As the kids say, Gutowski brought receipts:

Here's the FBI report that shows the number of checks every month since NICS began. For a number of reasons, NICS check numbers are not a one-to-one representation of gun sales but nearly every sale of a new gun and many used sales require a NICS check. https://t.co/ajfqxG16C1

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) August 24, 2018

And:

I redid this tweet to add "nearly" to "every sale of a new gun" because some states don't require NICS checks on new gun sales to those with gun-carry permits. It's important to be as precise and transparent as possible whenever fact checking somebody else, obviously.

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) August 24, 2018