Posts Tagged ‘Biden Magazine Ban’

President Joe Biden’s Thursday address promoting a new “assault weapons” ban and a ban on “high-capacity” magazines sparked anxiety among Republican legislators, with some claiming that a slew of recent Democratic measures would infringe on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. Biden mentioned recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, Buffalo, New York, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, during his address. The president went on to say that “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines,” which store more than ten bullets, should be prohibited. He didn’t explain what he meant by “assault weapons,” a word that conservatives and GOP legislators have criticized as ambiguous. “If we can’t outlaw assault rifles, we should raise the purchasing age from 18 to 21,” he added. Meanwhile, the US has to “strengthen background checks; adopt safe storage and red flag regulations; eliminate the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from litigation; and…