Biden Proposes Sweeping Gun Control Measures Following Spate of Mass Shootings: ‘Enough!’

Biden There are too ░░░░░░░░ other schools too many ░░░░░░░░ everyday places that have ░░░░░░░░ killing fields battlefields here ░░░░░░░░ America We stood at ░░░░░░░░ a place just 12 ░░░░░░░░ before across from a ░░░░░░░░ store in Buffalo New ░░░░░░░░ memorializing 10 fellow Americans ░░░░░░░░ spouse a parent a ░░░░░░░░ a sibling gone forever ░░░░░░░░ both places we spent ░░░░░░░░ with hundreds of family ░░░░░░░░ who were broken and ░░░░░░░░ lives will never be ░░░░░░░░ same They had one ░░░░░░░░ for all of us ░░░░░░░░ something just do something ░░░░░░░░ God s sake do ░░░░░░░░ After Columbine after Sandy ░░░░░░░░ after Charleston after Orlando ░░░░░░░░ Las Vegas after Parkland ░░░░░░░░ has been done This ░░░░░░░░ that can t be ░░░░░░░░ This time we must ░░░░░░░░ do something The issue ░░░░░░░░ face is one of ░░░░░░░░ and common sense For ░░░░░░░░ many of you at ░░░░░░░░ I want to be ░░░░░░░░ clear This is not ░░░░░░░░ taking away anyone s ░░░░░░░░ It s not about ░░░░░░░░ gun owners In fact ░░░░░░░░ believe we should be ░░░░░░░░ responsible gun owners as ░░░░░░░░ example of how every ░░░░░░░░ owner should behave I ░░░░░░░░ the culture and the ░░░░░░░░ and the concerns of ░░░░░░░░ gun owners At the ░░░░░░░░ time the Second Amendment ░░░░░░░░ all other rights is ░░░░░░░░ absolute It was Justice ░░░░░░░░ who wrote and I ░░░░░░░░ Like most rights the ░░░░░░░░ Second Amendment the rights ░░░░░░░░ by the Second Amendment ░░░░░░░░ not unlimited Not unlimited ░░░░░░░░ never has been There ░░░░░░░░ always been limitations on ░░░░░░░░ weapons you can own ░░░░░░░░ America For example machine ░░░░░░░░ have been federally regulated ░░░░░░░░ nearly 90 years and ░░░░░░░░ is still a free ░░░░░░░░ This isn t about ░░░░░░░░ away anyone s rights ░░░░░░░░ s about protecting children ░░░░░░░░ s about protecting families ░░░░░░░░ s about protecting whole ░░░░░░░░ It s about protecting ░░░░░░░░ freedoms to go to ░░░░░░░░ to a grocery store ░░░░░░░░ a church without being ░░░░░░░░ and killed According to ░░░░░░░░ data just released by ░░░░░░░░ Centers for Disease Control ░░░░░░░░ Prevention guns are the ░░░░░░░░ 1 killer of children ░░░░░░░░ the United States of ░░░░░░░░ The No 1 killer ░░░░░░░░ than car accidents more ░░░░░░░░ cancer Over the last ░░░░░░░░ decades more school age ░░░░░░░░ have died from guns ░░░░░░░░ on duty police officers ░░░░░░░░ active duty military combined ░░░░░░░░ about that More kids ░░░░░░░░ on duty cops killed ░░░░░░░░ guns More kids than ░░░░░░░░ killed by guns For ░░░░░░░░ s sake how much ░░░░░░░░ carnage are we willing ░░░░░░░░ accept How many more ░░░░░░░░ American lives must be ░░░░░░░░ before we say enough ░░░░░░░░ I know that we ░░░░░░░░ t prevent every tragedy ░░░░░░░░ here s what I ░░░░░░░░ we have to do ░░░░░░░░ s what the overwhelming ░░░░░░░░ of the American people ░░░░░░░░ we must do Here ░░░░░░░░ what the families in ░░░░░░░░ and Uvalde in Texas ░░░░░░░░ us we must do ░░░░░░░░ need to ban assault ░░░░░░░░ and high capacity magazines ░░░░░░░░ if we can t ░░░░░░░░ assault weapons then we ░░░░░░░░ raise the age to ░░░░░░░░ them from 18 to ░░░░░░░░ Strengthen background checks enact ░░░░░░░░ storage laws and red ░░░░░░░░ laws Repeal the immunity ░░░░░░░░ protects gun manufacturers from ░░░░░░░░ Address the mental health ░░░░░░░░ deepening the trauma of ░░░░░░░░ violence and as a ░░░░░░░░ of that violence These ░░░░░░░░ rational common sense measures ░░░░░░░░ s what it all ░░░░░░░░ It all means this ░░░░░░░░ should reinstate the assault ░░░░░░░░ ban on high capacity ░░░░░░░░ that we passed in ░░░░░░░░ with bipartisan support in ░░░░░░░░ and the support of ░░░░░░░░ enforcement Nine categories of ░░░░░░░░ weapons were included in ░░░░░░░░ ban like AK 47s ░░░░░░░░ AR 15s And in ░░░░░░░░ 10 years it was ░░░░░░░░ mass shootings went down ░░░░░░░░ after Republicans let the ░░░░░░░░ expire in 2004 and ░░░░░░░░ weapons were allowed to ░░░░░░░░ sold again mass shootings ░░░░░░░░ Those are the facts ░░░░░░░░ few years ago the ░░░░░░░░ of the inventor of ░░░░░░░░ AR 15 said he ░░░░░░░░ have been horrified to ░░░░░░░░ that his design was ░░░░░░░░ used to slaughter children ░░░░░░░░ other innocent lives instead ░░░░░░░░ being used as a ░░░░░░░░ weapon on the battlefields ░░░░░░░░ it was designed That ░░░░░░░░ what it was designed ░░░░░░░░ Enough enough We should ░░░░░░░░ how many rounds a ░░░░░░░░ can hold Why in ░░░░░░░░ s name should an ░░░░░░░░ citizen be able to ░░░░░░░░ an assault weapon that ░░░░░░░░ 30 round magazines that ░░░░░░░░ mass shooters fire hundreds ░░░░░░░░ bullets in a matter ░░░░░░░░ minutes e in the ░░░░░░░░ pew.