President Joe Biden has urged Congress to ban assault weapons after the latest mass shootings in America as Democrats position gun control as a central platform of the 2022 midterm elections.
Speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House, the president repeated claims that the Second Amendment was “not absolute” while urging lawmakers to strengthen gun control laws, and if that fails, for the people to turn their “outrage into making this issue central to your vote.”
Biden laid out what he called “rational, commonsense measures” for Congress to consider. However, he noted that Democrats would need at least 10 Republicans on board in the Senate….