President says ‘epidemic of gun violence is tearing our communities apart’ after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Chicago

President Joe Biden has made a renewed appeal for a ban on assault weapons following a series of mass shootings before Independence Day celebrations. One incident in Philadelphia resulted in five deaths and two children being injured, while three more deaths and 14 injuries occurred in four separate shootings in Fort Worth, Texas. Biden expressed grief for these tragic incidents and called for stricter gun control measures, urging other states to follow Illinois' example in banning assault rifles. He emphasized the need for Congress to pass meaningful gun reform laws and rejected the idea of arming teachers as a solution.

  • DaSaw@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This here is the reason to oppose an “assault weapons ban”. Dealing with mass shootings with an “assault weapons ban” is like winning the Iraq War by landing a plane on a carrier and posing for a photo under a “mission accomplished” banner. Smart gun nuts will oppose the fuck out of the assault weapons ban in an effort to convince people it would actually work.

    The fact that Biden is pushing this as hard as he is demonstrates one of two three things (which are not mutually exclusive):

    1. He doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.
    2. He doesn’t actually want to solve the problem, just look like he’s solving the problem in a fashion that will maintain the polarization his electability depends on.
    3. He’s the kind of “progressive” that actually does want full civilian disarmament to put all power in the hands of the State. (True leftists do not want this. Socialists don’t want to disarm the proletariat. Anarchists are suspicious of any efforts to strengthen the state relative to the populace. Even liberals have, at their root, a tradition of armed citizenry being a check on authoritarian government.)