Following a series of recent shootings that rocked American society, a Republican lawmaker demonstrated his weapon during a heated hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday using the Zoom app.
At a meeting of lawmakers discussing gun proliferation in American society, Florida Republican Greg Stubb said the bill, which seeks to curb gun control, would have a negative impact on guns in He carried the suspension, bragging.
According to Stubb, the arms embargo is “irrational because it does not meet its intended purpose” and argues that “there are other weapons options left for the Americans.”
Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck also believes that “restrictions on access to certain types of weapons are incorrect, as some of the types that lawmakers are seeking to ban in rural areas are used to kill predators that attack livestock.” “It will be.”
According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, Tom McClintock, the Republican representative in California, suggested that restrictions on carrying weapons should be established only for people with a history of crimes, and gun ownership laws.
On Thursday, US President Joe Biden called on Congress to ban guns, expand gun background checks and take other arms control measures.
Biden made the remarks during a speech from the White House that aired live on Prime Time.
The Democratic president called for a number of anti-Republican moves in the Senate, including a ban on the sale of high-capacity firearms and ammunition, and “if this is not possible, the minimum age for buying weapons should be raised from 18 to 21 years.” years.”
Biden also lobbied for the immunity of arms manufacturers from being prosecuted for violent crimes by those who carry their weapons.
“We can not disappoint the American people again,” Biden said.
According to Reuters, he added that if Congress does not take action in this regard, it believes that this issue will be central during the voting in the midterm elections in November.
The National Rifle Association, an industrial lobby group, said in a statement that Biden’s proposals violate the rights of legal gun owners.
The United States, which has a higher gun death rate than any other rich country, has in recent weeks fired indiscriminately at 10 residents of northern New York, 19 children and two teachers in Texas, and two doctors, an admissions officer and A patient in Oklahoma
The vast majority of American voters, both Republicans and Democrats, support stronger gun control laws, but Republicans in Congress and some moderate Democrats have blocked such legislation for years.
Source: Lebanon Debate
