President Joe Biden has called for Congress to enact more gun control measures but made false claims about weapon ownership in the process.

Speaking to reporters after a mass shooting at a Christian private school in Nashville, the President said he has exhausted his ability to counteract gun violence via executive order and called on Congress to act.

“I have gone the full extent of my executive authority, to do on my own, anything about guns,” Biden said.

President Biden urged lawmakers to reinstate an expired federal ban on “assault weapons” similar to the 1994 law that was aimed at “semiautomatic assault weapons” and “large capacity ammunition feeding devices.”

During his speech, the President made false claims about weapon ownership:

“You know we need to act.  These are weapons of war.  I’m a Second Amendment-a-guy.  I have two shotguns.  My sons have shotguns.  You know, but our states…  You know, everbody thinks somehow the Second Amendment is absolute.  You’re not allowed to go out and own an automatic weapon.  You’re not allowed to own a machine gun.  You’re not allowed to own a flamethrower.  You’re not allowed to own so many other things.  Why in God’s name do we allow these weapons of war in our streets and at our schools?” – Presidet Biden

BIDEN: "I'm a Second Amendment guy…everybody thinks somehow the Second Amendment is absolute! You're not allowed to go out and own an automatic weapon. You're not allowed to own a machine gun. You're not allowed to own a flamethrower!" pic.twitter.com/RQYkexJZHr

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 28, 2023

Critics, such as the Arizona Libertarian Party pointed out that U.S. citizens are allowed to own automatic weapons, machine guns (with some restrictions) as well as flamethrowers.  It was also pointed out that these weapons are not allowed in schools.

The Arizona Libertarian Party tweeted:

“Literally every word in this clip is incorrect.”