Report: Biden To Use Lame-Duck Congress To Push Gun Control Legislation

Assault gun ban legislation faces long odds because of Republican opposition, but Joe Biden stated on Thursday that he will still try to enact it during the lame-duck session before the next Congress is elected.Show more

Following a week in which three mass shootings occurred in the United States, Biden addressed the media on Thanksgiving morning.

Red flag regulations, which allow law enforcement to seize firearms from those believed to pose a threat to themselves or others, are not being applied nationwide, according to Biden, who called it "stupid."

"No. 2, the notion that we still permit the purchase of semi-automatic guns is sick. It's simply sick. No, it has no redeeming qualities for society. Zero. None. There is no other justification for it besides the profit of the gun makers, he declared.