President Barack Obama did something Tuesday to which Americans are beginning to become accustomed — he told a big fat whopper.

Addressing the nation on gun control, he made the claim that anyone — including hardened felons — can go online and purchase all the guns they want without the hassle of going through that pesky federal background check.

The White House then tweeted:

"A violent felon can buy the exact same weapon over the internet with no background check, no questions asked." —@POTUS #StopGunViolence

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 5, 2016

Townhall political editor Guy Benson shot back:

fear-mongering falsehood: https://t.co/9xG8idi6Mr

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 5, 2016

@guypbenson @mzee26 @WhiteHouse @POTUS Those that make such claims have obviously never tried buying a gun.

— alex kapetanakis (@atlasuprising) January 5, 2016

Dude, you can’t just make shit up like that. @WhiteHouse @POTUS https://t.co/jFnv8yjXW4

— WitCoHE (@E__Strobel) January 5, 2016

And when the Twitter user was questioned on it, he spelled the procedure out.

Nope. When you buy online, they ask you to list a local FFL they can ship to. FFL does bg chk. b4 you get your gun @jhornburg01 @AdamBaldwin

— WitCoHE (@E__Strobel) January 5, 2016

Bud’s Gun Shop, one of the country’s largest online firearm dealers, explains the process in its website:

1. Find the gun you want You pay us directly for the firearm. (Click HERE for payment options)

2. Choose your FFL dealer (Federal Firearms License): We cannot ship a gun direct to you, we do ship to the local FFL dealer of your choice. Any legitimate gun store or gun dealer has an FFL license; pawn shops and collectors may also have them.

3. Pick up your gun: Inspect your gun before accepting the transfer. If you are not happy for any reason leave the gun at the dealer. We will have it picked up for free and offer you an exchange or refund at no cost.

And anytime you purchase a weapon through a dealer, you go through a background check, and in this case, you generally pay the local dealer a small fee to handle the paperwork. That goes for many gun parts as well.

@guypbenson absolutely; for example. I just bought a AR lower 'online'; & it has 2 b shipped to FFL; where I have 2 pass BC b4 taking home.

— Airborne_Sapper (@MichaelSmith024) January 5, 2016

And then there was this:

@guypbenson @MarshallLocke 5 days into the new year and we might already have the "lie of the year"

— Gary Nash (@daganash) January 5, 2016

Politifact gave Obama its “Lie of the Year” award in 2013 for his statement, “If you like your doctor (and plan), you can keep your doctor (and plan)” in reference to Obamacare.

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