United States.- The President of the United States, Joe Bidencalled for ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines amid the shootings that have been unleashed in recent weeks in the US territory.
In his message to the nation this Thursday, Biden stressed that if the carrying of assault weapons cannot be prohibited, they must work for increase the age to acquire them from 18 to 21 years.
“We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. And if we can’t ban assault weapons, we should raise the age to buy them from 18 to 21,” he said.
The foregoing after last week an 18-year-old youth massacred 21 people, 19 of them minors between 9 and 10 years of age, in the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
In his speech in which he repeatedly exclaimed “enough is enough”, the head of state of the United States issued a series of requests to Democratic and Republican legislators to take concrete measures regarding firearms control within the nation. .
Meanwhile, this week in a hospital in Tuslain the state of Oklahomathere was also a shooting that left 4 civilians dead and the perpetrator of the attack dead.
Specifically, Biden called for background checks on potential firearms buyers to be strengthened, in addition to applying the law to ensure their safe storage and, at the same time, “repealing the immunity that protects arms manufacturers.
“How many more carnage are we willing to accept? How many more innocent American lives must be taken before we say enough?”
In this sense, Joe Biden made it clear that tightening gun control it is not about depriving others of their right to possess thembut to protect minors and families that inhabit the country.
“This is not about taking away anyone’s rights. This is about protecting children, about protecting families. This is about protecting entire communities. This is about protecting our freedom to go to school, to go to a grocery store , to a church,” he emphasized.
Since last week, a group of Republican and Democratic senators have been working on a possible agreement that includes measures for the control of firearms in the United States that can be supported by the majority of legislators of both parties.
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However, it is contemplated that, far from prohibiting the acquisition of firearms, these measures focus on strengthen safety in schools and allocate resources for mental health programs. In addition to this, they would seek to expand the background check to be able to buy them and give incentives to the federal entities to endorse local laws that allow the authorities to confiscate the weapons of people considered dangerous.
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