But other measures pressed for buy gun safety advocates remained perpetually stalled, including national red flag laws, universal background checks, and an assault weapons banned. many in law enforcement have long been advocating for the ban, including the international association of chiefs of police, who say the criminal use a semiautomatic assault weapons pose a grave risk to our officers and the communities there sworn to protect. a group representing college campus officers also supports a ban on military style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines for civilian use. the irony is not lost on law enforcement. the very politicians who say they support the police and are against crime are the same politicians who deny us responsible gun reform legislation. president joe biden reiterated his calls for gun reform during a visit tuesday near the scene of january mass shooting in monterey park, california, where a gunman slaughtered 11 before taking his own life.