Biden demands ban on ‘assault weapons,’ high-capacity magazines in first speech to Congress

[Batcat]

It hasn't been done before. There never was a ban.

Very true. I remember the regular shooters are the gun range buying AR-15s during the ban and also buying high cap magazines.

The AR-15s they bought didn’t have a couple of basically useless items like a flash suppressor or a bayonet lug. The high cap mags had been made before a certain date and cost a small fortune.

Before the ban most shooters had a very low opinion of the AR-15 based on the performance of the M-16 (a real assault weapon) in Vietnam. The shooters that bought the AR-15s said the problems had been basically eliminated and they worked fine and were very accurate.

The assault weapons ban actually make the AR-15 rifles and its clones popular.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Paranoid much?

Stupid much?
How many times are you going to use that cop out?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Newspapers corroborate their findings and do not print falsehoods. What makes twitter different.

Talking to yourself?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Newspapers corroborate their findings and do not print falsehoods. What makes twitter different.

Wait...you actually believe the media doesnt lie?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Newspapers corroborate their findings and do not print falsehoods. What makes twitter different.

I bet you believe in Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy.

 

[pknopp]

Who wants to listen to a president that lies anyway.

A lot of people it seems.

 

[Resnic]

I've already got all the high capacity magazines I need.

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In his first speech before both chambers of Congress, President Joe Biden focused heavily on his administration’s gun control agenda, calling once again for “reasonable reforms” on firearms, including a ban on “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines.​

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“We need a ban on assault weapons and high—capacity magazines again. Don’t tell me it can’t be done. We’ve done it before … and it worked,” Biden asserted in his speech. “Talk to most responsible gun owners, most hunters – they’ll tell you there’s no possible justification for having 100 rounds – 100 bullets – in a weapon. They will tell you that there are too many people today who are able to buy a gun, but who shouldn’t be able to.”​

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Biden said gun-control advocates “beat the NRA” in the 1990s with the passage of universal background checks and a ban on so-called assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. He claimed that “mass shootings and gun violence declined,” but the law expired in the early 2000s and “we’ve seen the daily bloodshed since.”​

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Biden also called for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and the banning of home-made “ghost guns.”​

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“I will do everything in my power to protect the American people from this epidemic of gun violence. But it’s time for Congress to act as well. We need more Senate Republicans to join with the overwhelming majority of their Democratic colleagues, and close loopholes and require background checks to purchase a gun,” Biden said.​

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The National Rifle Association shot back at Biden on social media, tweeting, “Biden just touted the ’94 Assault Weapons Ban during his #PresidentialAddress. In ’94, Americans owned 850,000 AR-15s. Even the Clinton DOJ proved this ban to be a failure. Today, the ban is long gone & law-abiding Americans own 20 million AR-15s.”​

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“Who beat who, Mr. President?”​

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In 2004, the Department of Justice National Institute of Justice issued a report stating that the 1994 “assault weapons” ban did not actually reduce crime.​

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“We cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation’s recent drop in gun violence. And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence,” the report stated, according to a copy which was viewed by The Washington Times at the time.​

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The report noted that the “assault weapons” were “rarely used in gun crimes before the ban.”​

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“Should it be renewed, the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement,” the report continued, later stating, “The ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement.”​

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Biden said the “reasonable reforms” he’s proposing have the “overwhelming support” of Americans “including many gun owners.” He then pressured Congress to take action, saying gun control isn’t a “Red vs. Blue issue. It’s an American issue.”​

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“When the President of the United States says you don’t need guns and ammo…YOU NEED GUNS AND AMMO,” the NRA tweeted.​

Why?

What does it matter if it's an assualt weapon or a pistol? What's it matter if it's a 30 round magazine or a 10 round? It's still a person in a confined space shooting bullets into other people.

Why doesn't he say "20 or 10 years we didn't have so many mass shootings. We need to figure out what has changed"?

 

[Unkotare]

Newspapers corroborate their findings and do not print falsehoods. ....

 

[SassyIrishLass]

FCK Biden. Dementia ridden old jackass

 

[Flash]

Yes, state militias were established at that time. But I do know that they never anticipate the firearms we have today. Also there is no need for a militia.

Sorry but you are confused. That "militia argument" ship has sailed.

The Heller case found that the Second was an individual Liberty that had nothing to do with membership to any organization.