Leah Barkouskis – Townhall Tipsheet
President Biden raised eyebrows on Monday when he spoke about what he
considers sensible restrictions on “high-caliber weapons” in the wake
of the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas,
last week.
The president recalled visiting a trauma hospital in New York, where he explained doctors showed him X-rays of gunshot wounds that were caused by different firearms.
“They said a .22-caliber bullet will lodge in the lung, and we can probably get it out — may be able to get it and save the life,” Biden told reporters outside of the White House. “A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body.”
He went on to claim “there’s simply no rational basis for[high-caliber weapons] in terms of thinking about self-protection, hunting.”So while most Democrats have targeted what they call assault weapons in the wake of the mass shooting, Biden appears to be setting his sights on...Read more here.
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