Following an increase in mass shootings, US President Joe Biden stated that the country needs more resources to fight gun crime and that it is past time to re-ban assault weapons in February and tweeted “Ban assault weapons – it’s beyond time,” on April 19.
Ban assault weapons – it’s beyond time.
— President Biden (@POTUS) April 19, 2023
Ever since the tweet, “Ban Biden,” has been trending on social media.
Get rid of Joe Biden — it’s beyond time.
— aka (@akafacehots) April 19, 2023
Ban Biden, it’s passed that time.
He’s more dangerous than any assault weapon that’s ever been produced.
He’s our nations worst national security threat.He is our nation’s worst enemy !!! pic.twitter.com/A5AMhH2ZFB
— William Sarber (@inTrumpscorner) April 19, 2023
"Ban Biden"
Joe Biden has spent 40% of his time in office on vacation.
Joe Biden has allowed the disaster at our southern border.
Joe Biden has allowed drug cartels to flood our country with Fentanyl that is killing thousands of Americans.Remember Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/ofwdXGV4WR
— Catherine Evermore (@CatherineUSA1) April 19, 2023
Ban Biden.
The biggest fool in America, worst fake non president ever, total scum.
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A threat to America.— 🍒LillianChristine🍒 (@LboundT) April 19, 2023
How ironic.
The man who equipped the Taliban with 300,000 guns, simultaneously stripping the rights of Middle East women, is encouraging gun control.Ban Joe Biden – it’s beyond time. https://t.co/98zUdNUr44
— Angelina Támez (@AngelinaTamezTX) April 19, 2023
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“10 years ago the ban was law, mass shootings went down,” Joe Biden said in his first big speech to a divided Congress, “after Republicans won control of the House of Representatives. Mass shootings soared after Republicans allowed it to expire. Let us finish the job and reinstate the prohibition on assault weapons,” he added.
In his statement, Biden referred to the 1994 statute that imposed a 10-year ban on the production, transfer, and ownership of “semiautomatic assault weapons” (SAWs) and “large capacity ammunition feeding devices.” The formal end date was September 13, 2004.
In the wake of several mass shootings this year, Biden has reaffirmed his demand for a ban on “assault weapons,” a word he and other Democrats have used largely to refer to the AR-15.
Biden’s call for a firearms ban has proven divisive.
The 1994 law contained particular make and model of the weapons it intended to outlaw, which included the Colt AR-15 among others, as well as other specifications for what constituted as a “semiautomatic assault weapons.” This is a bone of dispute between the 1994 law and current efforts.
A semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) was defined as a rifle that could accept a detachable magazine and also had at least two of the following features: “(1) a folding/telescoping stock; (2) a protruding pistol grip; (3) a bayonet mount; (4) a muzzle flash suppressor or threaded barrel capable of accepting such a device; or (5) a grenade launcher.”
Similar classifications were used to pistols and shotguns in the 1994 prohibition. Federal courts upheld the law.
