Ouch!
https://www.theblaze.com/news/after-biden-says-he-wants-to-ban-handguns-politifact-says-it-s-false-that-biden-wants-to-ban-handguns
Supposedly nonpartisan fact-checking org Politifact ran interference for the Biden administration this week, falsely claiming that Biden did not say he wants to ban handguns during a recent town hall.
In spite of the fact that Biden, in his own words, clearly indicated a desire to ban at least some handguns, Politifact decided to rate this claim as "false."
In explaining their reasoning, Politifact stated: But regardless of the definition, neither term includes all handguns.
For example, the Sig Sauer P365 was ranked the most popular handgun in a 2020 survey of Alabama gun dealers. The NRA's Shooting Illustrated Magazine named it the Handgun of the Year. The standard magazine for the P365 is 10 rounds, and depending on the model, the weapon can accommodate a 15-round magazine.
Nothing Biden said would curtail the purchase of the Sig Sauer P365. Nor would his policies touch any of the 15 standard handguns in the Alabama survey. It is possible that some models of pistols would be affected. There are designs that bridge the gap between handgun and rifle, and are built to accommodate larger magazines. But they represent a subset of firearms, and barring them would not constitute a ban on all handguns.
White House web page.
Reasonable people can disagree about whether the House GOP should be blamed for falsely implying that Biden said he wanted to ban all handguns, even though they did not say that. They did include video of the president's remarks, so people could see for themselves what Biden said. But while it would be false to say or imply that Biden stated he wanted to ban all handguns, it is equally false to imply, as Politifact clearly did, that Biden did not say he wants to ban some handguns.