HIGHLIGHTS: President Biden's "Safer America Plan" Speech

Biden: “Guess what? We took on the NRA and we’re going to take them on again and we won. And we will win again.
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We’re not stopping here. I’m determined to ban assault weapons in this country. Determined.
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I did it once before, and I’ll do it again. For many of you home, I want to be clear: it’s not about taking away anybody’s guns. In fact, we should be treating responsible gun owners as examples how every gun owner should behave. I have two shotguns at home — it’s a long story, but I’m not opposed to guns, but I support the Second Amendment and I support the Second Amendment. But the Second Amendment, as one of the most — one of the most conservative justices in history, Justice Scalia once wrote, like — ‘like most rights, the rights granted by the Second Amendment are not unlimited.’ They’re not unlimited.
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Right now you can’t go out and buy an automatic weapon. You can’t go out and buy a cannon. And for those brave right-wing Americans who say it’s all about keeping America — you’re keeping America independent and safe. If you want to fight against the country, you need an F-15, you need something little more than a gun. No, I’m not joking. Think about this. Think about the Rationale we use that’s used to provide this and who they’re shooting at. Shooting at these guys behind me.”
“Over 48,000 people died from gunshot wounds in 2021 in the United States of America. Over 26,000 by suicide. When guns are the number one killer — listen to this — the guns are the number one killer of children in America. Of children, and number one. More children guy — die from guns than active duty police and active duty military personnel combined. Hear that again? More children in America die from guns than active duty police and active duty military in the United States combined. We have to act.”
“Police lost their lives as a result of that day. Police lost their lives. One of the officers said it was worse than anything he had experienced in war in Iraq. So let me say this to my MAGA Republican friends in Congress. Don’t tell me you support law enforcement if you won’t condemn what happened on the sixth. Don’t tell me.
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Can’t do it. For God’s sake, whose side are you on? Whose side are you on?
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Look — you’re either on the side of a mob or the side of the police. You can’t be pro-law enforcement and pro-insurrection. You can’t be a party of law and order and call the people who attacked that police on January 6 patriots. You can’t do it!”