Biden Calls for Stricter Gun Laws, Return of Federal 'Assault Weapons Ban'
Biden calls for assault weapons ban, making gun manufacturers liable for shootings
President Biden on Thursday made an emotional appeal for ambitious new gun laws including a ban on military-style rifles, as lawmakers wrangled bitterly over how to prevent more bloodshed in America.
In an address to the nation, the president prodded Congress that “it is time to act” and repeatedly declared “enough” about the slaughters in schools and other mass shootings that have become all too routine in the U.S.
Biden calls on Congress to reinstate Federal Assault Weapons Ban
President Biden laid out his gun control agenda on Thursday night, saying America should be unified around the provisions he suggested.
The big picture: Biden called on Congress to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban, which was passed in 1994 and expired under President George W. Bush in 2004. He also called for expansions on background checks, raising the age limits to purchase semi-automatic rifles and red flag laws.
Biden added there should be a ban on certain semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines.
'Enough': Biden Exhorts Congress To Pass Gun Control Laws
President Joe Biden delivered just the second evening address of his presidency on Thursday night, almost begging Congress to pass gun control legislation following yet another wave of mass shootings stretching from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Buffalo, New York.
“Enough,” Biden said repeatedly, invoking the dozens of school shootings that have swept America over the past decade. “We can’t fail the American people again.”