The White House said Tuesday that President Biden did not support a ban on the sale of Canadian-style pistols after several mass shootings last month – the latest example of members of the administration who need to clarify their boss’s remarks.
“We will leave it to other countries to determine their gun ownership policies,” Jean-Pierre said during a regular briefing. “The president has clarified his position: The United States must act. As I have just stated, he supports the ban on the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity assault rifles, as well as expanded checks on the past to protect weapons from dangerous hands.
“He does not support a ban on selling all guns to answer your question,” Fox News spokesman Peter Ducy said in a statement, asking “Canada makes it impossible to buy, sell, transfer, or import guns anywhere in the country.” . Will President Biden ever consider such a gun restriction here?
The White House said President Biden did not support a ban on gun sales in Canada. Drew Angerer / Getty Images “We will leave it to other countries to determine their gun ownership policies,” Karin Jean-Pierre told a regular briefing.AP Photo / Susan Walsh
A day earlier, Biden seemed to suggest that there should be restrictions on the 9mm pistol, the most popular pistol in the United States.
“They said a 0.22-caliber bullet would hit the lungs and we could probably get it out – we could get it and save a life,” the president told reporters at the White House on Monday after visiting the site. of a mass shooting in Texas the day before. “A 9 mm bullet blows the lungs out of the body.
“So the idea of these high-caliber weapons is, uh, there’s just no rational basis for that in terms of thinking about self-defense, hunting,” Biden added, hinting that the gun was a “high-caliber weapon,” although it wasn’t characterized. as such by most weapons experts.
At the same time, Biden acknowledged that he could not take large-scale enforcement action to resolve the violence with weapons, saying: “I can not dictate these things. I can do the things I have done, and I will continue to do whatever enforcement action I can take. But I can’t ban weapons. You know, I can’t change the background checks. I can not do this.”
Any arms reform legislation faces a steep climb to get into Congress – especially in the evenly divided Senate.
Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Said Republicans are open to reforms that “directly” relate to the facts of the mass shooting in Texas, which authorities say was carried out by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos with legally purchased semi-automatic rifle in the style of AR-15.
Biden vowed to meet with Congress on potential legislation on Tuesday.
Any gun reform legislation faces a steep climb to be approved by Congress. Proponents of gun control REUTERS / Callaghan O’Hare are holding a vigil in front of the NRA headquarters after the mass shooting at Rob Elementary School on May 25, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia. Kevin Ditch / Getty Images
The White House’s explanation came the same day that NBC News reported that Biden was disappointed with his advisers, who had repeatedly clarified or denied various statements he had made – usually related to foreign policy.
The White House has denied the allegations, with Deputy Spokesman Andrew Bates telling The Post that “explanations of the president’s remarks are never made without his direct approval.”
In his statement, Bates ignored the hint that Biden was annoyed by the statements he approved, which further undermines the president.
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