U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss student debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 30, 2023.
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Chairperson Joe Biden on Tuesday again called for tighter gun controls, including a ban on semi-automatic rifles, after a number of deadly “tragic and senseless shootings” ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.
At least 10 people were killed in mass shootings in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas. The incidents — as well as others in Wichita, Kansas, and Lansing, Michigan — left dozens more injured.
A series of shootings in Chicago over the holiday weekend killed five people and injured at least 30 others. NBC Chicago reporting.
“We reserve the right to again ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require safe storage of firearms, end gun manufacturers’ liability waivers, and enact a screening process for firearms. universal background,” Biden said in a statement. declare on Tuesday.
His comments come a year after the July 4 mass shooting at the Highland Park, Illinois parade left seven people dead and nearly 50 injured.
In January, Illinois banned the sale of semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.
“As we’ve seen over the past few days, more needs to be done in Illinois and across the United States to tackle the gun violence that is tearing our communities apart,” Biden said.
There have been 346 mass shootings this year in the US, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people were shot or killed, not including the shooter.
