Claim: Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.
Fact-check: Chain email says child upbraided Barack Obama in 'clapping' demonstration about gun violence
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2014-03-17T00:00:00