Gun control lie-a-palooza: Biden recycles phony background check stat on 'Morning Joe' [video]

Jenn Taylor | 9:30 AM on April 11, 2013

@nconstantine That 40% of gun sales don't go through NICS.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 11, 2013

As the Senate prepares to consider gun control measures, Vice President Joe Biden joined the “Morning Joe” panel for honest and well-reasoned debate.

Nah, just kidding. Uncle Joe trotted out the false and repeatedly debunked statistic that 40 percent of gun purchases occur without a background check. It’s the Left’s favorite gun control lie: “We know roughly 40 percent of the guns sold in America have no background check.”

https://twitter.com/MStevensG8r/status/322299280482267136

Biden went on to decry the NRA’s “disinformation.” No one on the panel challenged Biden’s disinformation, natch.

@Morning_Joe @vp @jaycaruso @NolteNC so @JoeNBC sits there like a mouth-breathing fanboy when Biden repeats 40% lie. Shocker.

— JediCT10 (@JediCT10) April 11, 2013

It’s closer to 11 percent.

https://twitter.com/Pjm41/status/322299468517085184

Biden's "40% claim"= "40% of gun purchases lack background checks." WaPo gives this claim 3 pinnochios. | http://t.co/v5Jb9hQmo1

— Noel Fritsch (@NoelFritsch) April 11, 2013

@Morning_Joe @vp This meeting is a JOKE. The 40% number is wrong and you know it. LIes do not become the office

— TheBigDerr (@TheBigDerr) April 11, 2013