President Biden calls for assault weapons ban and other measures to curb gun violence

[onthedarkside]

 

President Joe Biden called on Congress to ban assault weapons or to raise the age to be able to buy one from 18 to 21 and other measures to curb gun violence in the United States in an address Thursday night.

 

"If we can't ban assault weapons then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21," Biden said.

 

He also called for a ban on high-capacity magazines, background checks, red flag laws and a repeal of the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from legal liability if their weapons are used in violence.

 

The remarks came the day after the 233rd mass shooting in the U.S. this year took place in Tulsa, Okla., that resulted in five people dead including the shooter at Saint Francis Hospital.

 

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https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102660499/biden-gun-control-speech-congress

 

[Bluespunk]

7 minutes ago, onthedarkside said:

President Joe Biden called on Congress to ban assault weapons or to raise the age to be able to buy one from 18 to 21 and other measures to curb gun violence in the United States in an address Thursday night.

Good man. 

[Bkk Brian]

From the O.P. link

 

The president cited a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center that guns were the leading cause of death among children.

"Over the past two decades, more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active-duty military combined," Biden said.

He described the impact of the AR-15 rifle on the children in the Texas school shooting.

 

Lets be clear about this, the AR-15 firearm is a weapon of war. Pedantics around it be a semi are irrelevant, don't kid yourselves or try to justify these killing machines.

 

Meanwhile the NRA carries on its rhetoric "The NRA lobbies heavily against all forms of gun control and argues that more guns make the country safer."