{"id":292078,"date":"2021-03-23T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=292078"},"modified":"2021-03-23T14:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:31:16","slug":"president-biden-pushes-ban-on-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines-following-colorado-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-pushes-ban-on-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines-following-colorado-mass-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden Pushes Ban On \u2018Assault Weapons,\u2019 \u2018High Capacity Magazines\u2019 Following Colorado Mass Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fpresident-biden-pushes-ban-on-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines-following-colorado-mass-shooting%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=292078&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2963.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden made a brief statement, Tuesday morning, addressing the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, and pledging to press forward with gun \u201creform\u201d measures, including a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d and a ban on \u201chigh capacity magazines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the White House State Dining Room, Biden pledged to honor the ten people who died when a shooter opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store late Monday. Authorities released information on the shooter\u2019s identity Tuesday morning but have yet to release information about a possible motive. Members of the shooter\u2019s family told the media that the shooter suffered from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/boulder-colorado-cops-identify-king-soopers-supermarket-massacre-suspect-as-ahmad-alissa\">range of serious mental illnesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Democrats, however, have wasted little time in calling for gun reforms, pointing to what they call \u201ccommon sense\u201d gun control measures they believe will end or limit further mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter acknowledging there were still outstanding details to be learned about Monday\u2019s massacre, including the shooter\u2019s motive and weapons, Biden insisted enough was known to make an ardent call for new gun control,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/23\/politics\/biden-gun-control-colorado-atlanta\/index.html\">CNN reported<\/a> on the president\u2019s short speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common-sense steps that will save lives in the future,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cWe can ban <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">assault weapons<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and high-capacity magazines in this country once again,\u201d he added. \u201cI got that done when I was a senator. It passed, it was the law for the longest time and it brought down these mass killings. We should do it again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not \u2014 it should not be \u2014 a partisan issue. This is an American issue,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cIt will save lives, American lives. We have to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings, Tuesday, on the future of gun control legislation, in an effort to see whether a comprehensive gun reform package would succeed in Congress. In addition, the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), is set to consider a pair of gun reform measures, limiting who can buy a gun and addressing the \u201cgun show loophole\u201d that Democrats claim allows individuals to purchase weapons without licenses or background checks from certain sellers at certain events.<\/p>\n<p>It appears Biden is slated to back the House\u2019s measures, but it\u2019s not clear whether there is a future for gun control in the narrowly Democratic Senate. West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, who holds the success of most Democrat legislation in his hands, is not favorable towards gun control as an issue, and Democrats would likely need his vote to pass any new gun restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the Senate has rejected most background check expansions, voting down a \u201csimilar proposal in 2013 after a school shooter killed 20 elementary students and six staff members in Sandy Hook, Conn., in 2012.\u201d Democrats passed a background check expansion under President Donald Trump, but that measure never came to a vote in the Senate, then controlled by Republican Mitch McConnell (R-KY).<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), said Tuesday that he would press Senate Democrats to move forward with the House bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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