China News Service, June 3 (Xinhua) Comprehensive report, “How much more massacre are we willing to accept?” On June 2, local time, US President Biden delivered a speech, urging Congress to take specific action on gun control, calling for a halt to the sale of assault weapons, Expand background checks.
Data map: US President Biden.Image source: Visual China
Biden made the remarks in the Hall of the Cross at the White House. The hall is lined with candles to honor victims of gun violence. CNN said it was the strongest and most concrete call for gun control from Biden since the mass shootings in Uvalde, southern Texas and Buffalo, New York.
“We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” Biden said. “If we can’t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age of purchasers from 18 to 21 and strengthen background checks.”
He also called on Congress to enact safe storage laws and red flag laws, repeal immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability, and address the mental health crisis.
Data map: On June 1, local time, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, rescuers and police arrived at the scene.
On the same day, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a wide-ranging gun control proposal to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles to people under the age of 21. The House Judiciary Committee considered the proposal and passed it by a vote of 25-19. But public opinion generally believes that these measures are likely to be blocked in the Senate.
Recently, there have been frequent mass shootings in the United States. At least 10 people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 14. Two people were killed in a shooting at a flea market in Houston, Texas, on May 15. On the same day, a shooting occurred at a church in Orange County, California, killing several people. On May 24, a shooting occurred at an elementary school in Uvalde, southern Texas, killing several students and teachers.
Editor: Wu Jiahong