According to Firearm Chronicles
There’s a routine procedure that the media follows when they “fact check” pro-gun claims. They look at the claim in question–usually that a proposed law will ban something–then try to find even a sliver of a way you can have that kind of gun, then label the claim as false. After all, they argue, if you can possibly have a gun, it’s not banned.
It doesn’t matter if you have to sacrifice your first-born child on an altar beneath the second full moon of the month first, if you can have one, in their mind, it’s not banned.
So what does it mean when USA Today took a gander at Rep. Hank Young’s bill and found that yep, it banned “assault weapons.” The claim: The U.S. House of Representatives introduced an assault weapons ban bill
The Facebook page Military Arms Channel stated in a post in March that a bill introduced in the House of Representatives, if passed, would ban assault weapons.
The post called on its audience to contact their representatives in protest. It garnered 12,000 shares and more than 800 comments and attracted the attention of gun rights groups including the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Gun Owners of America and the National Rifle Association.