The White House on Monday renewed its calls for Congress to ban assault rifles in the wake of a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville that left three children and three adults dead.
“He wants Congress to act because enough is enough,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said of President Biden. “How many more children have to be murdered before Republicans in Congress will step up and act and pass the assault weapons ban, close loopholes in our background check system or require the safe storage of guns.”
Ms. Jean-Pierre then urged Congress to pass a bill banning military-style semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as “assault weapons.” A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles killed six people Monday morning at the Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade.Ms. Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the unusual nature of a female mass shooter.
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