Biden promises to ban assault rifles in the United States again: "We can do it again"

MADRID, 8 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has promised again this Wednesday to ban assault rifles, in the framework of the anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting.

Biden, speaking at the 10th annual National Vigil for Victims of Gun Violence, has indicated that he is renewing his push to ban such weapons.

"Our work continues to limit the number of bullets that can be in a cartridge, the type of gun that can be bought and sold, the attempt to ban assault weapons, a whole range of things that are just common sense, just simple. common sense," Biden said.

"We did it before, you may remember, in the 1990s we did it. And guess what, it worked. The number of violent mass murders that went down was significant, many people's lives were saved. We can do it again," he said. in reference to the ban on semi-automatic weapons imposed between 1994 and 2004.

In this sense, the US president has assured that he can get "the most important arms law in 30 years" approved, however, he has admitted that this is not enough.

On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook High School (Newtown, Connecticut) armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle. He shot dead 20 children and six teachers in what is now the largest school massacre in the country's history.