Biden says he’ll attempt to transfer on gun management throughout lame-duck session

President Biden on Thursday stated he would attempt to move a invoice banning assault rifles throughout the lame-duck session earlier than the subsequent Congress types, regardless of lengthy odds because of Republican opposition.

Biden spoke to reporters Thanksgiving morning, coming after every week that noticed three mass shootings within the U.S.

Biden stated it was “ridiculous” that crimson flag legal guidelines — wherein legislation enforcement officers can seize firearms from people deemed a risk to themselves or others — weren’t being enforced throughout the nation.

“No. 2, the concept … we nonetheless permit semi-automatic weapons to be bought is sick. It’s simply sick. It has no, no social redeeming worth. Zero. None. Not a single, solitary rationale for it besides revenue for the gun producers,” he stated.

Biden stated he was “going to attempt to eliminate assault weapons” throughout the lame-duck session, however it will rely upon whether or not he has the votes to move a invoice.

“I’m going to do it each time I — I bought to make that evaluation as I get in and begin counting the votes,” he stated.

The Home launched a invoice to ban assault weapons earlier this yr, nevertheless it was doomed with Democrats holding a slim majority within the Senate and most Republicans united in opposition to such laws, making overcoming a filibuster unimaginable.

The carry for any gun management invoice might be much more tough when the subsequent Congress types in January, with Republicans taking management of the Home.

It has been one other darkish week for gun violence in America.

On Tuesday evening, a gunman opened fireplace with a handgun inside a break room at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., killing six individuals and injuring a minimum of six others.

Three days earlier than that, a shooter opened fireplace inside an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., killing 5 individuals and injuring a minimum of 25 others.

And fewer than every week earlier than the Colorado taking pictures, a pupil on the College of Virginia shot and killed three different college students after they returned from a category area journey.

The violence has rocked the nation as soon as once more, simply months after a Might bloodbath at an elementary faculty in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 kids and two academics lifeless.

After Uvalde, lawmakers in Congress handed a bipartisan gun management invoice that expanded background checks for these ages 18 to 21, amongst different measures.

It was probably the most important piece of gun management laws in about three a long time, nevertheless it fell wanting extra complete gun management reforms many activists and Democrats had referred to as for.

Biden, who was a senator when Congress handed a short lived assault weapons ban in 1994, referred to as for one more prohibition on assault weapons after Uvalde.