Viral Instagram post: “They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.”
PolitiFact's ruling: False
Here's why: Following multiple false claims about voter disenfranchisement during the midterm elections, an Instagram video suggests that an Election Day computer glitch that briefly prevented people from buying guns was not a coincidence.
The Nov. 8 video features a man addressing the camera while standing in a wooded area. He mentions "voting irregularities" in Arizona, New York and Pennsylvania before talking about a computer glitch involving firearm purchases.
"The thing you should be most alarmed about and most worried about is the system that they use to do background checks so you can go purchase a firearm magically goes down on Election Day," he said. He later added, "They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election."
He appears to be referring to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, NICS, which the FBI maintains.
"Election machine problems. The Power Ball system goes down. And the system used for BACKGROUND checks has gone down with no idea when they will be back up and running," says the caption on the video.
The Instagram post was flagged as part of Instagram’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.
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