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The White House
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Kamala Madam Vice President. Thank you very much.
You know, we’re joined today by the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, who I’ve asked to prioritize gun violence. It’s also good to see the Second Gentleman, who is here. And it’s good to see the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, who cares deeply about this issue as well.
And I look out there and I see so many members of Congress who have led in this fight. So many of you who have never given up. So many of you who are in absolutely determined, as Murph and others are, to get this done.
Rose Garden
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Kamala Madam Vice President. Thank you very much.
You know, we’re joined today by the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, who I’ve asked to prioritize gun violence. It’s also good to see the Second Gentleman, who is here. And it’s good to see the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, who cares deeply about this issue as well.
And I look out there and I see so many members of Congress who have led in this fight. So many of you who have never given up. So many of you who are in absolutely determined, as Murph and others are, to get this done.
Biden fumbled statements on background checks at gun shows
He has also made similar dubious statements in the past about the Second Amendment barring certain people from owning guns
Republicans also latched on to his claim that gun manufacturer s can t be sued
Biden unveiled his first set of six executive actions to curb gun violence
He also said no Amendment is absolute and called gun violence in the US and international embarrassment
NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Admits to Hiding on a Yacht After Sandy Hook, Parkland Shootings
On 4/6/21 at 11:01 AM EDT
National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre admitted to hiding on his wealthy friend s yacht because of a security threat after deadly shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
In a deposition unveiled as part of the NRA s Texas bankruptcy trial on Monday, LaPierre said he used the 108-foot-yacht, named Illusions, to shelter from threats and the national outrage that followed the shootings of dozens of schoolchildren in the two incidents. They simply let me use it as a security retreat because they knew the threat that I was under. And I was basically under presidential threat without presidential security in terms of the number of threats I was getting, LaPierre said, according to the New York