Posted on 05/30/2022 9:13:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON/UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) - A day after promising residents of Uvalde, Texas, action to address gun violence, U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday sought to appeal to "rational" Republicans to curb high-caliber weapons and take other steps to prevent more mass shootings.
“Things have gotten so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it," Biden, a Democrat, told reporters as he returned from his weekend trip to memorialize the 19 children and two teachers killed last week in the nation's worst mass school shooting in a decade.
"The idea of these high-caliber weapons -- there is simply no rational basis for it in terms of self-protection, hunting," Biden said.
The two parties remain deeply divided, with Biden's Democrats open to new restrictions on gun purchases while Republicans zealously guard an expansive vision of gun rights.
Biden has backed multiple actions, including a renewal of the assault weapons ban imposed in the 1990s and universal background checks. But the president, whose fellow Democrats only narrowly control Congress, has pointed to the limited power of executive action and urged lawmakers to act.
Democrats need 10 Republican senators' support to pass any legislation.
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Collectivists cannot be rational.
High-caliber? He is talking nonsense.
AKA——attack on law abiding citizens that DID NOT violate any of the thousands of laws on the books concerning firearms. The entities pushing this crap can politely phu cough.
5.56 mm is not a high caliber.
What is more rational than: 1) Criminals and madmen do not obey laws and 2) Allowing law abiding people to be armed and securing schools fully will eliminate these sorts of abhorrent incidents as witnessed by Israel.
It’s essentially the same caliber as a 22 LR. Different bullet mass and powder charge is all.
Democrats should be prohibited feom owning guns. Same goes for the Capitol Police.
I’m sure he does.
Azzwipe.
How about radical action on mental illness in adolescents? The last two killers were sick.
If the cause is not addressed, no amount of safety is gained by banning fire arms.
There are numerous ways, demonstrated in Europe and around the world in China and Japan for the mentally ill, and others including those who are plain evil to kill.
Waukesha’s killer managed to murder six people and injure forty others seriously. Are we to ban cars?
Don't let the mentally ill run free and unchecked.
Rational?
Seems like the guys who have guns and badges couldn’t be counted on.
No thanks.
I like the idea of taking care of things myself.
OFFS! Assclowns as brilliant as little davey hogg. Fookin’ idjits! 🤬
Yep, a very fast .22 is all it is.
The battle rifles of WW II used .30-06, 7.62x54r, 7.7x58mm and 7.92x57mm.
All of those are far more powerful than 5.56mm.
Those two thoughts are very rational to me.
A 12g shotgun is much more lethal at close range.
Short Bus Biden, surrounded by babysitters with machineguns, lectures us peasants while filling his diaper...
i agree with good ol’ joe
repeal the gun free zones laws
very rational
If he's calling .223 'high-caliber', then he must view 9mm, .357, 10mm, and .44 as Battleship shells.
Dementia Joe hasn’t taken even a single rational action since he illegitimately seized power.
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