Friday, June 5, 2009

Weekly Ask Fact Check


A sampling of what's floating around in the intertubes from Fact Check.

Q: Did the Obama administration shut down a Georgia ammunition supplier? Is it trying to create an ammo shortage?
A: Georgia Arms still is doing booming business in reloaded military cartridges. The Pentagon quickly reversed a move to stop selling spent casings.

Q:
Has Sotomayor written that states have the power to ban handguns?
A: A three judge panel that included Sotomayor issued an unsigned decision saying that the Second Amendment does not apply to states, therefore states can regulate and ban weapons.

Q: Would Sonia Sotomayor really be the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court?
A: Depending on your point of view, the late Benjamin Cardozo might be considered "Hispanic."

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