President Biden
Joe BidenBiden on Trump’s acquittal: “The substance of the indictment is not in dispute” White House press aide resigns after threatening Trump journalist’s condemnation vote exposes division of Republican Party MORE asked Congress on Sunday to approve “common gun law reforms” in a message on the occasion of the third anniversary of the shooting at Douglas Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida.
“Today, as we mourn with the Parkland community, we mourn all those who have lost their loved ones due to armed violence,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House.
In the statement, the president called for several specific provisions to be enacted into legislation by Congress, including ending legal immunity for weapons manufacturers, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and a extension of federal background checks.
“This administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to answer this call” of Parkland activists and other young Americans, he said. “We owe it to all those we have lost and to all those who have been left behind to grieve to make a change. Now is the time to act.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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“The last Congress, moved by the daily epidemic of armed violence and guided by the millions of young people marching for their lives, House Democrats took bold steps to save lives and end the bloodshed by approving HR 8, the Bipartisanship Fund Verification Act and HR 1112, the Enhanced Background Check Act Now, in collaboration with the Democratic Senate and the Biden-Harris Administration, we will enact these and other laws to save life and we will deliver the progress that the Parkland community and the American people deserve and demand, ”the House Leader said in a statement.
“In this solemn remembrance, Democrats join the American people in renewing our commitment to our unfinished work to ensure that no family or community is forced to endure the pain of armed violence. We will not rest until all Americans, in schools, in the workplace, in places of worship and in our communities are safe once and for all, ”Pelosi continued.
Survivors of the Parkland school shooting started the March for Our Lives movement against gun violence in response to the 2018 incident, during which 14 students and faculty members died. In January, the movement re-entered national headlines after left-wing surveillance group Media Matters discovered Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) Publications that referred to the shooting as an event. of “false flag,” as well as a video of him chasing a surviving teen from the shooting and demanding that he debate it. Greene later apologized for the statements, calling them “incorrect and offensive.”