President Joe Biden called again Tuesday for stricter gun control after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth, Texas.
His comments come a year after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
He called for universal background checks and a ban on semi-automatic rifles.
Biden called again Tuesday for stricter gun control, including a ban on semi-automatic rifles, after several deadly “tragic and senseless shootings” leading up to the July 4 holiday.
At least 10 people have been killed in mass shootings in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas. The incidents, as well as others in Wichita, Kansas, and Lansing, Michigan, left dozens injured.
A series of shootings in Chicago over the holiday weekend killed five people and injured at least 30 others, NBC Chicago reports.
“It is within our power to once again ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require safe gun storage, end gun manufacturers’ immunity from liability, and enact universal background checks,” Biden said. in a statement on Tuesday.
His comments come a year after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, that killed seven people and injured 50 others.
In January, Illinois banned the sale of semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.
“As we have seen in recent days, much more must be done in Illinois and across America to address the epidemic of gun violence that is tearing our communities apart,” Biden said.
There have been 346 mass shootings so far this year in the US, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot to death, excluding the shooter.
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