President Joe Biden announced his intention to push for new gun control legislation in the lame-duck session of Congress.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Biden was asked to react to the mass shootings at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday night and a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night. Biden complained that semi-automatic firearms are still sold and claimed red-flag laws are not enforced.
“I’m sick and tired of these shootings,” Biden said. “We should have much stricter gun laws.”
Biden then said he intends to pass a gun control bill during the lame-duck session if he can get the votes.
“I’m going to try,” Biden replied. “I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.”
“During the lame duck?” the reporter asked again.
“I’m going to do it whenever I — I got to make that assessment as I get in and start counting the votes.”
Biden in Nantucket:
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