Mar 29, 2023
President Biden called on Congress Tuesday to pass an assault weapons ban, calling them "weapons of war." Speaking in Durham, N.C., at an event called "Investing in America," the president began by talking about the school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., where a woman who identifies as "he/him" killed six people before being shot to death by police. Biden said that he's "a 2nd Amendment guy" who owns shotguns, but the 2nd Amendment is not absolute. You're not allowed to own a machine gun or a flamethrower, he said. Before I begin to talk about the whole notion of rebuilding America, I want to talk very briefly about what happened in Nashville. You know, we know the names of the victims. We've seen the initial footage of the attack. Three children - three children dead, all just nine years old, including the daughter of the pastor. Three members of the staff - the school custodian, a substitute teacher, and the head of sc