During a speech Monday at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Biden referenced Thursday's mass shooting at Perry High School in Iowa and promoted gun control that would not prevent mass shootings from occurring.
Breitbart News reported that the Iowa shooting was carried out by a 17-year-old boy armed with a pump-action shotgun and a small-caliber handgun.
Local residents pray during a candlelight vigil following the mass shooting at Perry High School on Thursday, January 4, 2024 in Perry, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neighborgal)
The attack left a sixth-grader dead, and a 17-year-old boy took his own life.
Monday, Mr. Biden talked News coverage of the Iowa shootings subsequently pushed for a ban on “assault weapons,” including a ban on “high-capacity” magazines and universal background checks.
Pump shotguns are not prohibited under the “assault weapons” ban, nor are small-caliber handguns. Also, background checks at retail stores, private stores, or both would not work because 17 years old is too young to buy a gun.
🚨Today, at church, President Biden once again attacked law-abiding gun owners and pushed for gun control measures that won't reduce crime or scare criminals. He wants to ban legally owned guns and magazines and criminalize their transfer.
Biden wants to crush the Second Amendment. pic.twitter.com/wmF586HQXa
— NRA (@NRA) January 8, 2024
Breitbart News reported that the gun control group Newtown Action Alliance also pushed for a ban on “assault weapons” in response to the shotgun attack in Iowa.
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