Joe Biden, president of the United States, called for the strengthening of arms control in the country and considers that the sale of assault rifles to citizens should be prohibited, after the shooting on Monday in Illinois, with seven dead and thirty wounded.
The president of United States, Joe Biden believes that it is necessary to go further in a reform that establishes restrictions on firearms and prohibits assault rifles, after Monday’s shooting in Illinois, with seven dead and thirty wounded.
This was stated on Tuesday by the White House spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre, who stressed that the president has been “very clear” about the need to delve into a reform on firearms.
Still, he claimed that Biden is “pleased” with the legislation passed in June and agreed between Democrats and Republicans.
The spokeswoman pointed out that in the Monday shooting during a parade in the town of Hihgland Park (Illinois) for USA Independence Daywhich is celebrated on July 4, the attacker used an assault rifle.
Jean-Pierre noted that thirty years ago, when Biden was a senator, he led efforts to ban assault weapons, and today he would like to see such an achievement again.
In that sense, he was optimistic that such a veto would be possible in Congress, where the Democrats have a slim majority in the Upper House, after the minimum agreement reached in June.
In 1994, The US Legislative approved the Brady Act, which prohibited assault weapons at the federal level, although it expired ten years later when it was not renewed by the congressmen.
Last June, Congress approved increasing control over firearms, following a pact between Democrats and Republicans, after 19 children and 2 teachers were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and other schools in May. Ten people were killed in a racist-motivated attack in Buffalo, New York.
The new law, signed by Biden, includes a review of the process for buying weapons for those under 21 years of age and extends the so-called “danger alert” (“Red Flag”) rules to the entire country, which allow a procedure to be activated. legal to confiscate the firearms of those who represent a danger to others or to themselves.
The legislation also seeks to put an end to what is known as “the boyfriend’s legal vacuum”, whereby until now if someone was accused of domestic violence without being married, they were allowed to continue owning weapons, something that does not happen in the case of married people.
Despite this legislative milestone, the US Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, extended the right to bear arms in June by endorsing that they can be carried in public.