Biden calls for US ban on private ‘assault weapons’
By AFP
10 April 2021 |
9:18 am
US President Joe Biden calls for a ban on military style weapons and large ammunition clips in private hands. "We should also ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines," says Biden at a White House event to unveil a series of measures against what he called the "epidemic" of gun violence.
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