President Biden, in a conversation with Univision, displayed his willingness to further infringe upon our Second Amendment rights through executive action. He also took the opportunity to disparage former President Trump’s strong defense of these constitutional freedoms.
Biden did not hesitate when asked about circumventing Congress to push his anti-gun agenda, and used his interactions with Uvalde shooting victims’ families as an emotional appeal.
Univision’s Enrique Acevedo questioned, “[G]un violence remains the number one cause of death for children in America. Latinos have made it a top priority across the country, especially in places like El Paso and Uvalde in Texas. Your administration called on Congress to pass common-sense gun laws, but that’s unlikely to happen in the next few months. If you’re re-elected, would you consider taking further executive action on this issue?”
Biden revealed his intention to limit our rights by advocating for measures such as assault weapons bans, limiting magazine sizes, and universal background checks.
He emphasized his desire to restrict access to firearms, including those he mislabels as ‘weapons of war,’ referencing his experience teaching the Second Amendment, which he seems to interpret quite differently than many proud Americans.
Biden proclaimed, “Absolutely. Look, I, along with Dianne Feinstein, passed the first limitation on assault weapons and the number of bullets that could be in a rifle. The idea anybody needs 100 rounds in a rifle, in an AR-15, I was out in Uvalde. I met with every one of those families. I spent four hours with them. I looked at the pain in their faces. I saw what they felt. I could feel it.”
He continued with his misrepresentation of Trump’s stance on gun control and background checks, conveniently forgetting to mention that Trump has always championed responsible gun ownership.
“You couldn’t own a cannon. You couldn’t — you could own a rifle or a gun, but there were certain things you couldn’t do. They weren’t weapons of war. And so, look, we passed the first major gun legislation in over 30 years when we passed the law that we recently passed that outlaws weapons that are made that you can’t trace and so on and so forth,” he added.
“And — but it’s not enough. I think we have to do more, and I am absolutely committed. And I’ve asked the Congress, and if I get a Congress and get re-elected, we’re going to do it again. We’re going to make sure we eliminate these weapons.”
Source: State of the Union
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