EBN- US President Joe Biden has renewed calls for a gun ban following the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet after a gunman shot at him from a nearby rooftop during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday.
“An AR-15 was used in the shooting of Donald Trump. This was the assault weapon that killed so many others, including children. It’s time to outlaw them,” Biden told the audience at a convention in Las Vegas.
His demand came as he returned to the campaign trail for the first time since the attack.
For several days following the shooting, the Biden campaign had been on pause. Verbal attacks had been halted, television ads pulled and a message of unity was pushed by many prominent Democrats.
Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Biden continued in that vein, lamenting how “heated” politics has become. But he went on to roundly criticise Trump throughout the speech at the convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP), a prominent civil rights group.
“Just because our politics are very divided doesn’t mean we should stop telling the truth. Who you are, what you’ve done, what you will do – that’s fair game,” he said.
“Let me say it again because Trump is lying like hell about it,” he told the conference hall of primarily black voters.
“Black unemployment hit a record low under the Biden-Harris administration,” the president added. Statistics show that his government reached the record low unemployment rate for Black or African Americans in 2023, at 4.8%.
Gun rights are an issue Joe Biden has frequently campaigned on.
