Claim: "In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those  rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."
Fact-check: Fact-checking Joy Behar on the assault weapons ban
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Mccarthy
Date published: 2021-03-25T00:00:00