In a New York Times op-ed, the presidential candidate for 2020 said: 'We have to get these weapons of war off the streets.'
Former Vice President Joe Biden has vowed to use technology to make sure that assault weapons do not fall into the wrong hands.the Democratic front-runner took a swipe at Donald Trump's reaction to the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, in light of the president's view that"mental illness and hatred pull the trigger, not the gun."
"Almost 15 years after the bans expired, with the unfortunate benefit of hindsight, we now know that they did make a difference," Biden wrote. "We're going to stop gun manufacturers from circumventing the law by making minor modifications to their products—modifications that leave them just as deadly. And this time, we're going to pair it with a buyback program to get as many assault weapons off our streets as possible as quickly as possible."
In February, the Democratic-controlled House passed a universal background check bill in February which has not been called to a Senate vote.that some of Biden's Democratic opponents, including former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg have actually pushed for even tougher gun control measures.
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