Foreign
PRESIDENT of the United States Joe Biden has urged the American public to support his call to Congress to ban assault weapons.
Biden made this known following a major shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday.
Vanguard earlier reported that one person died and 21 injured including children after a mass shooting at the victory parade, as the Kansas City Chiefs’ celebrated their second Super Bowl victory in a row.
Reacting, the US President said the Super Bowl, a unifiying factor in the country has brought shock and shame following the shooting.
“The Super Bowl is the most unifying event in America. Nothing brings more of us together,” Biden said.
“And the celebration of a Super Bowl win is a moment that brings a joy that can’t be matched to the winning team and their supporters. For this joy to be turned to tragedy today in Kansas City cuts deep in the American soul.”
He said, “Today’s events should move us, shock us, shame us into acting. What are we waiting for? What else do we need to see? How many more families need to be torn apart?”
Calling on the American people to support him on ban on assault weapons, Biden said, “It is time to act. That’s where I stand. And I ask the country to stand with me. To make your voice heard in Congress so we finally act to ban assault weapons, to limit high-capacity magazines, strengthen background checks, keep guns out of the hands of those who have no business owning them or handling them.
“We know what we have to do, we just need the courage to do it.
“The epidemic of gun violence is ripping apart families and communities every day. Some make the news. Much of it doesn’t. But all of it is unacceptable. We have to decide who we are as a country. For me, we’re a country where people should have the right to go to school, to go to church, to walk the street — and to attend a Super Bowl celebration — without fear of losing your life to gun violence.”
“Jill and I pray for those killed and injured today in Kansas City, and for our country to find the resolve to end this senseless epidemic of gun violence tearing us at the seams,” he added.
VANGUARD
15th February, 2024.
C.E.
Tags: President Joe Biden
