Derec
Contributor
Joe Biden said this yesterday.
Remarks by President Biden After Visiting With Local Firefighters
I am not sure whether he now wants to ban purchase of all semiautomatic weapons or if he misspoke and just wants to revive the misguided ban on so-called "assault weapons". He mentions so-called "assault weapons" a bit later, so he probably misspoke the first time.
An "assault weapon" ban merely has a very small chance of passing Congress. A ban on all semi-autos has no chance.
But either way it is telling that he only announced this push after the Midterms. It would have harmed Dems' races if he had said this before.
(Emphasis mine)President Joe Biden said:Number two, the idea — the idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It’s just sick. It has no, no social redeeming value. Zero. None. Not a single, solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers.
Remarks by President Biden After Visiting With Local Firefighters
I am not sure whether he now wants to ban purchase of all semiautomatic weapons or if he misspoke and just wants to revive the misguided ban on so-called "assault weapons". He mentions so-called "assault weapons" a bit later, so he probably misspoke the first time.
An "assault weapon" ban merely has a very small chance of passing Congress. A ban on all semi-autos has no chance.
But either way it is telling that he only announced this push after the Midterms. It would have harmed Dems' races if he had said this before.