A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: NRA not formed to defend African Americans against KKK CLAIM: Juneteenth is "the day Republicans freed slaves from Democrat slave owners." Shortly after, "the NRA was formed to help Black people defend themselves against the Democrats' Ku Klux Klan." THE FACTS: The NRA was not formed to help Black people defend themselves against the klan. Rather, it began as an organization to improve marksmanship among members of the New York National Guard after the Civil War.