Fact Check: Biden’s Claims About Background Checks at Gun Shows Are Misleading

President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks about infrastructure investment from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington on April 7, 2021. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s claims that there are no background checks at firearms sales at gun shows have drawn criticism, with fact-checking websites saying that it is false.

Biden during a White House speech on Thursday asserted that a person could buy “whatever you want” at a gun show without a background check.