The gun legislation passed after recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. Monday’s event also comes a week after a deadly shooting in Highland Park, Illinois on July 4.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an event to celebrate the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act on the South Lawn of the White House on July 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden welcomed a crowd to the White House lawn on Monday to showcase a new law meant to reduce gun violence, saying the measure represents "real progress" after years of inaction.
Still, Biden said, "we’re living in a country awash in weapons of war." He repeated his call on Congress to pass a federal ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines — or at minimum to require more stringent background checks and training requirements before purchases.He also said Congress should pass legislation to hold gun-owners accountable if their weapons are improperly stored and are used to commit violence.
"There's simply not much to celebrate here," said Igor Volsky, director of the private group Guns Down America. "We have a president who really hasn’t met the moment, who has chosen to act as a bystander on this issue," Volsky said. "For some reason the administration absolutely refuses to have a senior official who can drive this issue across government."
White House officials said Biden doesn't see the passage of the bill as the finish line, but rather a foundation that needs to be built on. The Illinois shooting occurred nine days after the bill signing.
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