{"id":50,"date":"2021-03-25T21:05:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T01:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/?p=50"},"modified":"2021-04-17T16:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T20:34:56","slug":"biden-we-must-ban-assault-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/biden-we-must-ban-assault-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden \u2014 \u2018We must ban assault weapons!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"50\" class=\"elementor elementor-50\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f40a928 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f40a928\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4edfee1f\" data-id=\"4edfee1f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b1573b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70b1573b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/We671P4hZCU\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;We Have To Act&#039;: Biden Calls For &#039;Common Sense&#039; Gun Control After Colorado Shooting | NBC News NOW\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/We671P4hZCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Politico reported Biden <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/23\/democrats-gun-reforms-mass-shooting-477615\" target=\"_blank\">urging<\/a> the Senate to take action on H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446, the former of which would create universal background checks and the latter of which would expand the length of time a background check can last.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He also called for an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Biden admitted he was making his comments before information on the gunman was fully known, saying, \u201cWhile we\u2019re still waiting for more information, I don\u2019t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common-sense steps that will save lives in the future, and to urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act.&nbsp;We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cI got that done when I was a senator. It passed. It was the law for the longest time. And it brought down these mass killings. We should do it again,\u201d Biden remarked.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ironically, the Department of Justice\u2019s Institute of Justice (NIJ)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/02\/19\/flashback-national-institute-justice-federal-assault-weapon-ban-not-reduce-crime\/\">released a report<\/a> following the 1994-2004 \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban and noted that no real reduction in crime could be credited to the ban.&nbsp;The&nbsp;<em>Washington Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2004\/aug\/16\/20040816-114754-1427r\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quoted<\/a>&nbsp;University of Pennsylvania professor Christopher Koper, author of the NIJ report, saying, \u201cWe cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation\u2019s recent drop in gun violence. And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Biden is also pushing the creation of universal background checks via H.R. 8. 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