Biden uses Trump assassination attempt to call for gun ban

UNITED STATES – He’s trying his luck again. US President Joe Biden called on Tuesday, July 16, for a ban on firearms, particularly the type of semi-automatic rifle used in the assassination attempt on Saturday against Donald Trump. Yet another attempt to prevent massacres in the United States, while he has not been heard so far.

“Help me rid America’s streets of these weapons of war. An AR-15 was used in the shooting of Donald Trump… It’s time to remove them.”the Democrat said at a campaign rally in Las Vegas. “Poor children in America are dying from gunshot wounds. It’s crazy! It’s just cowardice not to talk about it.”he adds, as you can see in the video below starting at 2:30 (in English).

But will the attack on Donald Trump change the minds of Republicans? They invoke the right to bear firearms and Article 2 of the American Constitution. With each new tragedy, calls are heard to ban certain types of weapons. But each legislative attempt ends in failure due to the opposition of conservative elected officials.

Biden resumes campaign

Biden’s call comes three days after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump on Saturday, and as he returns to the campaign trail. Joe Biden had canceled a trip to Texas planned for Monday, but went ahead with his visit to Nevada, where he narrowly defeated his Republican rival in 2020.

The trip comes amid a tense atmosphere among Democrats, who are continuing their plan to fast-track the nomination of Joe Biden as the party’s official nominee, so that it can take place before the Democratic convention scheduled for August.

And this comes as some are calling for the convention to be postponed amid concerns about Biden’s health and ability to serve another term. Calls to withdraw his candidacy have been growing within his own camp since a disastrous performance in a debate in late June against Donald Trump.