Biden Promises To Ban Assault Weapons ‘Come Hell or High Water’

In a Wednesday speech, President Joe Biden promised that he would ban assault weapons as well as high-capacity magazines. “come hell or high water.”

“I know I may make some of you uncomfortable,” Biden Telled Members of Congress at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference (Baltimore) “but that little state above me, Delaware … has the highest rate, one of the highest rates, of gun ownership. But guess what? We’re going to ban assault weapons again, come hell or high water, and high-capacity magazines.”

Although the president has been a long-time advocate for banning guns, he has not always been clear on how much.  He stated that he had spoken out in November. reporters This is called allowing “semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick.”

“It has no socially redeeming value. Zero. None. Not a single solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers,” Biden said. “I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.”

Fox News reported that Republicans were outraged by his November comments. Semiautomatic weapons can be handguns or rifles. Shotguns account for half of all American gun sales.

“So essentially all guns are on the Big Guy’s chopping block,” James Woods, actor, tweeted the tweet at the time.

Rep. Mark Alford (R. Mo. Biden’s position on guns was called by Mark Alford (R., Mo.) “sheer ignorance,” Rep. Thomas Massie, R., Ky.), said that Biden was “maligning most gun owners.”