{"id":1268669,"date":"2022-02-03T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T20:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1268669"},"modified":"2022-02-03T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T20:37:37","slug":"biden-calls-americas-most-popular-handgun-a-weapon-of-war-during-gun-control-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-americas-most-popular-handgun-a-weapon-of-war-during-gun-control-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Calls America\u2019s Most Popular Handgun A Weapon Of War During Gun Control Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-calls-americas-most-popular-handgun-a-weapon-of-war-during-gun-control-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1268669&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>President Joe Biden called one of America\u2019s most popular handgun a \u201cweapon of war\u201d Thursday while speaking about gun control in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, futures cut short by a man with a stolen Glock with 40 rounds,\u201d Biden said in reference to the two New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers who were recently gunned down in Harlem. \u201cA magazine with 40 rounds. It\u2019s really a weapon of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden says that a \u201cglock with 40 rounds\u201d is \u201ca weapon of war\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dwL4EGWxOw\">pic.twitter.com\/dwL4EGWxOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1489307084688703491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The president visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/28\/nypd-officers-fifth-avenue-honor-jason-rivera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Apple<\/a> Thursday following the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/21\/police-killed-shooting-2-critical-condition-new-york-city-harlem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fatal shooting<\/a> of officers Jason Rivera and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/25\/nypd-officer-shooting-harlem-new-york-city-police-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilbert Mora<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/28\/jason-rivera-nypd-widow-slams-manhattan-district-attorney-alvin-bragg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018We Are Not Safe Anymore\u2019: Widow Of Slain NYPD Officer Calls Out Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg In Heartbreaking Eulogy, Wins Standing Ovation)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lashawn McNeil, the alleged gunman, had fought with his mother, prompting police to respond to a domestic dispute. Officers attempted to speak to McNeil, who emerged from a room with a Glock 45 equipped with a high capacity magazine that held 40 rounds, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-argument-that-led-to-police-shooting-was-over-diet-20220122-uufp4afkrngpxdg67wrbysjz7u-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily News<\/a>. McNeil has prior criminal charges, including a gun charge in North Carolina, assaulting a Pennsylvania police officer and a felony narcotics charge in New York City, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig reportedly said. McNeil was also on probation, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Under New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/nypd\/downloads\/pdf\/permits\/ny_safe_act_letter_re_lcafd_2013_05_v9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state law<\/a>, it is illegal to possess a magazine that has the capacity to hold more than 10 rounds. Individuals not at a shooting range may only load seven rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/22\/alleged-nypd-cop-killer-lashawn-mcneil-has-lengthy-rap-sheet-was-out-on-probation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> authorities seized an illegal Glock 45 at the scene and former NYPD officer and private eye Bo Dietl told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/22\/high-capacity-drum-magazine-like-something-used-in-war-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Post<\/a> the magazine was like \u201csomething our troops saw in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden called one of America\u2019s most popular handgun a \u201cweapon of war\u201d Thursday while speaking about gun control in New York City.\u201cYou know, futures cut short &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}