Biden repeats false claim about 2nd Amendment and cannons

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The president's assertion that you could not buy a cannon at the time the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791 is false, numerous historical scholars have maintained.
54% : The president said that there was a time when people in the US felt that the Second Amendment was too prohibitive and that they should have access to fighter jets and tanks.
51% : Biden, 79, told the gathered reporters on the South Lawn: 'The Second Amendment was never absolute.
51% : You couldn't buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed and you couldn't go out and purchase a lot of weapons.'
50% : Biden spoke during a meeting with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and officers at NYPD headquarters in Manhattan in February 2022 when made reference to cannons and the Second Amendment
50% : You couldn't buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed.'
48% : During his first year in office, in June 2021, Biden again said: 'The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own.
48% : In the immediate aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting, Biden said in remarks at the White House: 'The Second Amendment's not absolute. 'When it was passed you couldn't own a cannon, you couldn't own certain weapons.
46% : In April 2022, Biden made a similar statement saying: 'From the very beginning, the Second Amendment didn't say you can own any gun you want, big as you want.
38% : The president said of his limited power on gun control: 'I can't outlaw a weapon.'
34% : Biden said that he has not formally negotiated with any Republicans leaders on gun reform issues in the wake of the Robb Elementary Shooting that killed 22 As President Joe Biden returned to the White House on Memorial Day following his visit Uvalde, Texas, where he paid tribute to the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting, the Democrat repeated a false claim about the Second Amendment.
32% : During the brief question and answer session, Biden said that he has not negotiated with any Republican leaders yet on possible gun reform laws.
31% : It has been widely reported that a bipartisan group of senators met over the holiday week to speak tentatively about a compromise on gun reform laws.

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