President Joe Biden again called for an assault weapons ban on Wednesday, hosting an event at the White House with First Lady Jill Biden in memory of the more than 20 victims of a mass shooting at a high school in the Texas at Uvalda which took place a year ago.
On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at an elementary school in Uvalde, killing 19 children and two teachers, in the deadliest mass shooting at a school. American for a decade. .
“We can’t end this epidemic until Congress passes common sense gun safety laws to get guns off our streets and out of the hands of dangerous people,” Biden said.
According to statistics, more children and adolescents were killed in the United States by firearms in 2020 than by any other cause.
Biden reiterated his call for Congress to ban AR-15 assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
“The number one child killer is a weapon,” Biden said. It’s time to act, it’s time to act. It’s time to make sure our voices are heard. Not as Democrats or Republicans, but as friends, as neighbors, as parents, as fellow Americans.”
The previous national assault weapons ban was passed in 1994 but expired ten years later.
During the ceremony at the White House, the president and first lady held lit candles with the names of deceased children and teachers in their hands.
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