From below:
However, lawmakers appear to be at loggerheads over passing significant
reforms.
NB: Until the NRA and equivalent groups and individuals demanding full
access to anti-personnel weapons and the ammunition used therein are
willing to cease and desist from such demands along with the political
influence these exercise through the finest Government that money can
buy, there will be continued generation of perforated corpses leaking
bodily fluids. Likewise, internal USA police do not need military grade
weapons except when controlling actions of those using such weapons (as
with many forms of "as a for-profit illegal business" organized crime).
https://news.yahoo.com/enough-biden-renews-calls-gun-214600210.htmlNBC News
'Enough': Biden renews calls for gun control bill after San Jose rail
yard shooting
Dartunorro Clark
Wed, May 26, 2021, 2:46 PM
President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass stricter gun control measures
after the latest mass shooting at a Northern California rail yard
Wednesday, in which eight people were killed.
"I have the solemn duty of yet again of ordering the flag to be lowered
at half-staff, just weeks after doing so following the mass shootings at
spas in and around Atlanta; in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado; at
a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina; and at a FedEx facility in
Indianapolis, Indiana," Biden said in a statement.
A public transit employee opened fire on co-workers at the downtown San
Jose rail yard Wednesday, killing eight people, before he died by
suicide, authorities said. The shooter was identified as Samuel Cassidy,
an employee of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, law
enforcement sources said.
Firearm sales have set records and gun violence has spiked nationwide
over the last year.
"We are still awaiting many of the details of this latest mass shooting,
but there are some things we know for sure. There are at least eight
families who will never be whole again," Biden said in the statement.
"There are children, parents, and spouses who are waiting to hear
whether someone they love is ever going to come home. There are union
brothers and sisters — good, honest, hardworking people — who are
mourning their own.
"Enough," he said.
"Once again, I urge Congress to take immediate action and heed the call
of the American people, including the vast majority of gun owners, to
help end this epidemic of gun violence in America. Every life that is
taken by a bullet pierces the soul of our nation. We can, and we must,
do more."
Biden last month called on Congress to take action on gun control in his
first joint address to Congress, such as banning assault weapons and
high-capacity magazines, as well as closing background check loopholes.
"This shouldn't be a red or blue issue," he said at the time.
However, lawmakers appear to be at loggerheads over passing significant
reforms. In his statement Wednesday, Biden renewed that call.
