A viral Facebook post claims President Joe Biden recently decided to add the U.S. as a signatory to a United Nations treaty that seeks to establish an international gun registry.
"Joe Biden has just announced that he is adding America as a signatory to the U.N. Small Arms Treaty, setting the stage for a full ratification vote in the U.S. Senate," reads part of the Aug. 29 post.
The post goes on to claim the treaty "would establish an international gun control registry, allowing Communist China, European socialists, and 3rd World dictators to track the ‘end user’ of every rifle, shotgun, and handgun sold in the world."
The post was shared more than 8,000 times in two months.
But the claim is false. The U.S. is not set to join any such treaty, according to a State Department spokesperson. Experts said the Arms Trade Treaty, which appears to be the treaty referenced in the post, would not establish an international gun registry.
USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment.
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