President Biden is renewing his call on Congress to ban assault weapons in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., which killed three students and three staff members. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a statement the shooter was “heavily armed with three guns, two of them assault-type weapons.” “People say, why […]
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Once again, Biden calls for ‘assault weapon’ ban
When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons. America has heard it hundreds of times, including this week after shootings in Colorado and Virginia: The president wants to sign into law a ban on high-powered guns that have the capacity to […]