Posted on 06/02/2022 10:29:17 AM PDT by RandFan
President Biden will deliver a speech in prime time about the need for gun reform on Thursday evening, remarks that were hastily added to the White House schedule after another mass shooting grabbed headlines.
The White House said in updated guidance that Biden “will deliver remarks on the recent tragic mass shootings, and the need to pass commonsense laws to combat the epidemic of gun violence that is taking lives every day.”
Biden called for action on gun reform following mass shootings in recent weeks in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, but he’s largely left it up to Congress on what kind of measures to pursue. It’s unclear how much more specific Biden will get in the address Thursday evening, which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. before he departs for a long weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Biden has kept distance from bipartisan negotiations about gun reform among senators, but he told reporters earlier this week that he would meet with lawmakers when the time is right.
Biden, who has long been a proponent of expanded background checks and an assault weapons ban, on Wednesday suggested he was realistic about the prospect of gun reform given the partisan divides in Washington. Republicans have long resisted measures to curtail firearms, and without GOP votes Democrats will not be able to pass such laws in the 50-50 Senate.
“I served in Congress for 36 years. I’m never confident, totally,” Biden told reporters at the end of an event on the baby formula shortage Wednesday, hours before officials briefed him on a mass shooting in Tulsa, Okla.
A gunman in Tulsa killed four people in a rampage at a medical building on Wednesday. It was the latest in a string of mass shootings in the U.S. that have revived a debate about gun control. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week. Biden spent Sunday meeting with families of victims in that shooting.
Fixed my tagline, messed up in the last post.
jotato salad...
Will Groot be watching?
President teleprompter will solve everything!
He ought to give this speech - from CHICAGO.
Just buy a shotgun. 😃
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