![]() Nine categories of semi-automatic weapons were included in that ban, like AK-47s and AR-15s.Īnd in the 10 years it was law, mass shootings went down. It all means this: We should reinstate the assault weapons ban and high-capacity magazines that we passed in 1994 with bipartisan support in Congress and the support of law enforcement. These are rational, commonsense measures. Address the mental health crisis deepening the trauma of gun violence and as a consequence of that violence. Repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability. Enact safe storage laws and red-flag laws. And if we can’t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Here’s what the families in Buffalo and Uvalde, in Texas, told us we must do. Here’s what the overwhelming majority of the American people believe we must do. I know that we can’t prevent every tragedy. Think about that: more kids than on-duty cops killed by guns, more kids than soldiers killed by guns.įor God’s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? How many more innocent American lives must be taken before we say “enough”? Enough. Over the last two decades, more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active-duty military combined. It’s about protecting our freedoms to go to school, to a grocery store, and to a church without being shot and killed.Īccording to new data just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, guns are the number one killer of children in the United States of America. This isn’t about taking away anyone’s rights. For example, machine guns have been federally regulated for nearly 90 years. There have always been limitations on what weapons you can own in America. It was Jus- it was Justice Scalia who wrote, and I quote, “Like most rights, the right…” - Second Amendment - the rights granted by the Second Amendment are “not unlimited.” Not unlimited. I respect the culture and the tradition and the concerns of lawful gun owners.Īt the same time, the Second Amendment, like all other rights, is not absolute. ![]() In fact, we believe we should be treating responsible gun owners as an example of how every gun owner should behave. It’s about vili- not about vilifying gum - gun owners. The issue we face is one of conscience and common sense.įor so many of you at home, I want to be very clear: This is not about taking away anyone’s guns. This time, we must actually do something. For God’s sake, do something.Īfter Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done. And they had one message for all of us: Do something. We stood at such a place just 12 days before, across from a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, memorializing 10 fellow Americans - a spouse, a parent, a grandparent, a sibling - gone forever.Īt both places, we spent hours with hundreds of family members who were broken and whose lives will never be the same. Standing there in that small town, like so many other communities across America, I couldn’t help but think there are too many other schools, too many other everyday places that have become killing fields, battlefields here in America. Innocent victims, murdered in a classroom that had been turned into a killing field. And nearby, a photo of each victim that Jill and I reached out to touch. In front of Robb Elementary School, we stood before 21 crosses for 19 third and fourth graders and two teachers. The day before, we visited Uvalde - Uvalde, Texas. THE PRESIDENT: On Memorial Day this past Monday, Jill and I visited Arlington National Cemetery.Īs we entered those hallowed grounds, we saw rows and rows of crosses among the rows of headstones, with other emblems of belief, honoring those who paid the ultimate price on battlefields around the world. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””. ![]()
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