Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has called for a ban on “high-capacity assault weapons”.
leave lurie Declaration A Friday that begins with a feeling of pity for those who lost their loved ones in the last armed attack.
“We pray for the mourners in Philadelphia and across the country,” he said.
The statement turned to the new gun laws:
This senseless violence will not stop without the concerted efforts of those who run our country and those who decide public policy. As a nation, we must call on our legislators to make tangible change and address this social crisis with appropriate gun safety regulations.
Lurie later listed the gun control he wanted to see: “Enough of that! Assault weapons loaded with high-capacity magazines are a clear threat to public safety and should be banned.”
He also called for general background checks, which President Joe Biden called on Thursday when he said “Congress needs to expand its background checks”.
Lurie did not mention that the attacker in Uvalda (May 24, 2022), the attacker in Tulsa (June 1, 2022), and the attacker in Buffalo (May 14, 2022) had legally purchased their weapons from those with federal firearm licenses. . (FFL). Firearms are obtained in ways that fall under the retail category, meaning selling firearms requires passing a background check.
In the US, background checks have been conducted on retail gun sales since 1998, and in the past 15 years, nearly every batch of assailants obtained their firearms through a background check.
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