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Biden Calls For ‘Assault’ Gun Ban While Americans Buy In Record Numbers After Riots, ‘Defund Police’ Push. NRA Trolls Him.

Ryan Saavedra
Biden Calls For ‘Assault’ Gun Ban While Americans Buy In Record Numbers After Riots, ‘Defund Police’ Push. NRA Trolls Him.
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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden renewed his push for banning semi-automatic firearms that he termed “weapons of war” on Wednesday despite the fact that Americans are buying guns in record numbers after months of violent rioting, surges in violent crime in Democrat-controlled cities, and calls from Democrats to “defund the police.”

“Weapons of war have no place in our communities,” Biden tweeted. “When I was a senator, I took on the [NRA] and secured a 10-year ban on assault weapons — and as president, I’ll ban these weapons again.”

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