President Joe Biden called for an assault weapons ban in a statement on the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
On the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, Biden called for an assault weapons ban.
Biden said lawmakers have a moral obligation to pass and enforce laws designed to prevent mass shootings.
House Democrats passed an assault weapons ban in July but it is not expected to pass.
It is within our power to do this, for the sake of the innocents lost, but also for the survivors who still have hope.
Ten years ago today, a man with a Bushmaster rifle and two handguns opened fire at a school, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. The Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May, where 21 people, including 19 children, were killed, was one of a number of school shootings in the last few years. The Uvalde massacre was one of several high-profile mass shootings in the US this year, along with a shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York. There was a national debate about gun violence. In June, Biden signed a gun control bill into law, saying that lives will be saved. Fearing mass shootings in large crowded areas, New York City Mayor Eric Adams passed a gun ban in sensitive areas of the city. Background checks are required for all gun purchases in Connecticut, one year after the Sandy Hook shooting.
Proponents of gun control argue that restrictions on firearms violate Americans' 2nd amendment rights to bear arms and that lawmakers should focus on mental health issues. The National Rifle Association, a main critic of gun control measures, argued that the legislation does nothing to prevent shooters from accessing the tens of millions of firearms. The Republicans formed a united front to oppose the assault weapons ban. 15 Senate Republicans joined all 50 Senate Democrats in approving the bipartisan gun control bill.
A class-action lawsuit was brought by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The families argued that the assault weapon should not have been sold publicly. Alex Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, were ordered to pay $473 million by a Connecticut jury after they were found guilty of defaming the families of the Sandy Hook victims. Jones was ordered by a judge in Texas to pay another 45 million dollars in damages for spreading the conspiracy theory.
It was 626. The Gun Violence Archive tracks shootings in which at least four people are injured or killed in the U.S. so far this year, making it the second-worst year for gun violence. Last year, the highest number was 670. According to a House Committee on Oversight and Reform investigation, gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion off the sale of rifles like the one used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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