“But I can tell you that gun control organizers, people who believe in gun safety, common-sense gun safety laws, around the country were waiting to hear the words 'executive order' and instead we heard the words, essentially, thoughts and prayers.”
and says that it's bad that mass violence happens,” Kasky told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night. “It's great that he thinks it's bad.
"Joe Biden goes up there and talks about how it's horrible to lose a family member. Note: This article was updated on Februfor technical reasons.Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting, said he was greatly disappointed with President Joe Biden's speech Tuesday night following the Texas elementary school shooting, saying he must act through “executive order” to stem the nation's gun violence crisis. While mass-casualty attacks involving military style rifles grab headlines, handguns are the most common type of firearm used in homicides in the United States, according to statistics released by the FBI. Nearly 40,000 people died from firearms-related injuries in the United States in 2017, according to the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also wants to ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.Īmerica is plagued by frequent gun violence, but little action has been taken at the federal level to curb it, with the National Rifle Association lobbying heavily against gun control measures. The plan included a call for a reinstated ban on assault rifles, an effort to close background check loopholes, and limits on magazine capacity - measures that Biden is again pushing for now.īiden’s campaign website describes gun violence as a “public health epidemic” and outlines steps he would take on firearms if he wins the presidency.Īmong those is a requirement that assault weapons already in circulation be either registered under the National Firearms Act - as is currently the case for silencers, short-barreled rifles and automatic firearms - or sold to the government. When he was Barack Obama’s vice president, Biden led the administration’s ultimately unsuccessful push for a plan to curb gun violence after the massacre of 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. “Right now, there’s no legal way that I’m aware of that you could deny them the right if (they) had legally purchased them, but we can in fact make a major effort to get them off the street and out of the possession of people,” Biden said when asked if people could keep weapons they already have. He went on to say that he would institute a national buyback program, but “that’s not walking into their homes, knocking on their doors, going through their gun cabinets, etc.” The fact of the matter is they should be illegal, period,” the former vice president responded. “Bingo, you’re right, if you have an assault weapon. The post misrepresents Biden’s remark, which he made in an interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that was broadcast in August 2019.Ĭooper asked him about gun owners who are concerned that “a Biden administration means they’re gonna come for my guns.” Screenshot of an NRA Facebook post taken on February 11, 2020
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