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In June 2016, social media users began spreading an article detailing an executive order supposedly issued by President Obama banning the sale of assault weapons: However, that article was nothing more than a piece of clickbait fiction spread by a fake news web site that illegally appropriates the logo and domain name of a legitimate news organization in order to lure readers into visiting the site and generating ad revenue. Executive Order 13691 doesn't refer to any ban on weapons. Signed in February 2015, the order bears the title Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing: President Obama did urge lawmakers to pass new gun regulations during his weekly address on 18 June 2016:
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