President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would work with Congress to “try to get rid of assault weapons” after a recent spate of shootings in the US. “The idea (that) we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick, it’s just sick. Not a single, solitary rationale for it,” Biden told reporters during a brief gaggle outside the Nantucket Fire Department in Massachusetts, where he greeted first responders. Asked whether he would try to take action on guns, the president said, “I’m going to try. But any action on gun legislation — particularly the assault weapons ban Biden has repeatedly called for — does not have the votes to pass.

Source: CNN November 24, 2022 20:25 UTC