President Biden addressed gun control as mass shootings continue to plague the nation's schools, stores, and most recently, a hospital.
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President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Congress to "finally do something" on gun control as he called on lawmakers to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines as the nation reels from three mass shootings in the last three weeks.
Biden said that if Congress could not ban assault weapons, then they should raise the age to purchase those type of guns from 18 to 21. He also said that background checks should be strengthened and called for the passage of "Red Flag" laws which allow courts to remove firearms from those deemed a danger to themselves or others.
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Not gone happen …. Tell the police to get rid of there’s first
I’m traumatized just watching this
If you move the age to 21 your going to push the voting age to 21 also, if not you lost me!
Semi auto doesn’t equal assault weapon.
Great. Now all the criminals will turn in their weopons to the cops. Good idea Joe.
Joe Biden said it best when he said…..
“Auchtimuchme pt ft ooh”
First off assault weapons shoot just like pistols one bullet at a time as you pull a trigger unless yours is modified or you have the qualifications to own a automatic rifle
True that
Second this is just purely a joke because we’re not going to even talk about the real issue which is mental health or the fact that a lot of the guns come from the government I digress smfh
A crazy person without a gun is just a crazy person. A crazy person with a gun us a murderer.
@Steve B yes because people only hurt people with guns bruh stop talking
@Rod 720 im not your bruh. Why is the weapon of choice always a gun. How many school knifings have there been this year? Does someone have to dress you in the morning?
Shall I not be infringed
FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!
We can arrange that.
So the gov can have these weapons but no the avg citizen? How do citizens defend themselves against the government of needed?
The govt has f -35s dufus.
I’ll give up my weapons when Joe’s body guards give up theirs.
Can you take a gun into a trump rally? No.
Why assault weapons??!!! Makes no sense
Most shootings are done with handguns and your going to ban assault weapons? Something ain’t adding up
Making guns harder to get will only make it easier for those who mean harm and has obtained a high powered assault weapon through underground means to hurt those who otherwise would have had a chance of a favorable outcome if they too had a weapon of stronger or equal power. . I know you folks on the left think that guns and those who have them and/or love them are married to violence and can only create a world there of. But with this mentality i ask this: is the medical professional who gives the snake bite victim an injection of ant-Venom now considered a viper? They both have venom, they both have an avenue of injection which is sharp, hollow, and they puncture those who have entered the world of the viper. Are these two entities married into the same world under vows to only hurt and kill? If anti venom was outlawed, what would happen to those who have been bitten? You want 100% fix to a perpetual 51 to 49% chance situation. having the access to high powered assault weapons is the only way you can make sure that the good innocent people will always be on the 51% side of the situation.
Whoever write the teleprompter is the president.
Obama.. isn’t it clear?
“The strongest reason for the people to retain and bare arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government” -Thomas Jefferson
Disarm the police first and get Rid of your bodyguards. Also , who writes what he reads.
How about letting teachers and doctors and anywhere where they say it’s a gun free zone turn into a gun zone
After what happened in TX, the last thing I want to do is rely on govt. for protection.