US President Joe Biden has stated that he is determined to ban semi-automatic weapons after the recent increase in gun violence in the country, Anadolu Agency (AA) reports .
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Biden attended an event held at the White House regarding the Gun Regulation Act, which was passed by Congress after 30 years.
– Guns are the number one killer of children in the US . More children are killed by guns than car accidents and cancer. In the last 20 years, the number of high school children killed as a result of an armed attack is greater than the number of policemen and soldiers killed on duty – said Biden.
The US President pointed out that gun sales measures should be expanded accordingly and that guns should not be sold to people with a record of domestic violence and said that guns should only be sold to people who can keep their guns in a safe place.
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Reiterating that armed attacks must stop and that during the period of validity of the law banning semi-automatic weapons, the number of armed attacks decreased significantly, Biden added:
– I am determined to ban semi-automatic weapons again.
