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President Joe Biden renewed his call for the banning of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in his State of the Union address.
“I ask Congress to pass proven measures to reduce gun violence,” Biden said during his first official State of the Union Address on Tuesday night. “Pass universal background checks. Why should anyone on a terrorist list be able to purchase a weapon? Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”
U.S. President Joe Biden during a State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Biden’s first State of the Union address comes against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions placed on Russia by the U.S. and its allies.
(Jim LoScalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“You think the deer are wearing a kevlar vest?” Biden said, going off the pre-released transcript of the speech.
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Biden added a call to “repeal the liability shield that makes gun manufacturers the only industry in America that can’t be sued.”
“These laws don’t infringe on the Second Amendment,” Biden said. “They save lives.”
Biden’s comments immediately received criticism from conservatives on social media who have often accused his administration of attempting to infringe on the Second Amendment.
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“Joe Biden wants to take your guns,” Republican Rep. Jim Banks tweeted shortly after Biden made the comment about guns.
President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
(Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
“Biden wants your guns,” Young Americans for Liberty tweeted.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie labeled Biden’s claim about liability for gun manufacturers as a “lie.”
“Big Biden…
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