President biden
Joe BidenBiden on Trump’s acquittal: ‘The merit of the prosecution is not in dispute’ White House press officer resigns after threatening Politician reporter Trump condemning vote exposes Republican Party split MORE urged Congress to pass “common sense gun law reforms” on Sunday in a message marking the third anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
“Today, as we cry with the Parkland community, we mourn for everyone who has lost loved ones due to armed violence,” said Biden in a statement released by the White House.
In the statement, the president called for a number of specific provisions to be adopted in legislation by Congress, including the end of legal immunity for weapon manufacturers, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity combs and an expansion of federal background checks.
“This government is not going to wait for the next mass shooting to respond to that call” from Parkland activists and other young Americans, he said. “We owe it to everyone we lost and everyone who stayed behind to make a change. The time to act is now.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiPelosi dismisses censorship after Trump’s acquittal. Raskin does not defend agreement with witnesses: ‘I made the call’ Liberals howl after Democrats give in to witnesses MORE (D-Calif.), However, said Congressional leaders would work with the White House to pass background check legislation that was stalled in Congress during the Trump administration.
“In the last Congress, driven by the daily epidemic of armed violence and guided by millions of young people marching for their lives, House Democrats acted boldly to save lives and end the bloodshed by passing HR 8, the Background Check Act. Bipartisans and HR 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act. Now, working with the Democratic Senate and the Biden-Harris administration, we will pass these and other life-saving bills and provide the progress that the Parkland community and the American people deserve and demand, “said the House Leader in a statement.
“In this solemn recollection, Democrats join the American people to renew 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 all of our communities are safe, once and for all, “continued Pelosi.
Parkland school shooting survivors launched the March for Our Lives movement against armed violence in response to the 2018 incident, during which 14 students and teachers were killed. In January, the movement returned to national headlines after left-wing surveillance group Media Matters discovered posts from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Referring to the shooting as a “false flag” event, as well as a video of her chasing a teenage survivor of the shooting and demanding that he debate with her. Greene later apologized for the comments, calling them “wrong and offensive”.