A page dedicated to fake quotes attributed to George Washington on the Mount Vernon ... and does not accurately represent his views on gun control. Nonetheless, its apocryphal nature doesn ...

The claim: George Washington ... told USA TODAY that gun rights were a "non-issue" for Washington. "There was no movement afoot, at that time, to enforce gun control laws when he was alive ...

The claim: Did George Washington say citizens should arm themselves ... Obama issued stricter background checks and pushed other gun control measures, and even before that, memes and pictures ...

Famous George Washington Quotes. "When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly." "Knowledge is in every country the surest basis ...