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A "news article" making the rounds via social media quotes incoming NRA president Jim Porter as saying, "I don't have to clarify. You know gall darn well what I mean. In fact, it's only a matter of time before we can own colored people again. They sure as hell won't be our leaders."

For those of you gullible enough to believe Porter actually said this — and I've seen a few of you spouting off on Facebook and Twitter, so don't deny it — take note of the fact that the source of the quote, FreeWoodPost.com, is a humor website (read the disclaimer). The article is satirical.

Now, it's true that Porter, like his predecessor, has shown a propensity to make controversial statements — he actually does refer to the Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression," for example, and has called Barack Obama "a fake President." But he has never advocated a return to slavery or ownership of "colored people."

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• Mitt Romney: 'Too Important to Go to Vietnam'
• Ann Romney vs. Equal Pay for Women