{"id":145904,"date":"2021-05-27T10:29:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=145904"},"modified":"2021-05-27T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:27:10","slug":"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BidenJointSpeech-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\" class=\"wp-image-144955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BidenJointSpeech-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BidenJointSpeech-400x207.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BidenJointSpeech-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BidenJointSpeech-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BidenJointSpeech.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: NBC)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details are still emerging from a mass killing at a rail yard in San Jose that left at least nine people dead, but President Joe Biden is wasting no time calling on federal lawmakers to enact gun control. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have the solemn duty of yet again of ordering the flag to be lowered at half-staff, just weeks after doing so following the mass shootings at spas in and around Atlanta; in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado; at a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina; and at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana,\u201d said Biden in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/05\/26\/statement-of-president-joe-biden-on-the-mass-shooting-in-san-jose\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">statement<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnough,\u201d he continued.&nbsp; \u201cOnce again, I urge Congress to take immediate action and heed the call of the American people, including the vast majority of gun owners, to help end this epidemic of gun violence in America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president did not say specifically what legislation he would like to see passed nor did he elaborate on how more gun control might have stopped the suspect in San Jose, a public transit employee, from perpetrating the attack on his coworkers. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/david-chipman-testified-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">David Chipman Just Testified in His Confirmation Hearing, and He\u2019s Exactly Who We Thought He Was<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is clear however is that when armed men showed up \u2014 law enforcement \u2014 the killer stopped the attack and took his own life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I know for sure that when the suspect knew the law enforcement was there, he took his own life, our deputies were right there at that time,&#8221; Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/27\/us\/san-jose-shooting-thursday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also know that California has <a href=\"https:\/\/giffords.org\/lawcenter\/gun-laws\/states\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">some of the strictest gun control laws in the country<\/a>, including a ban on modern sporting rifles and standard capacity magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds, background checks on private transfers, a may-issue concealed carry standard, red flag protection orders, among many others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom also addressed the incident, suggesting in a Wednesday press briefing that the country ought to curtail its 2A rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom on San Jose shooting: &quot;There&#039;s a numbness I imagine some of us are feeling, because there&#039;s a sameness to this. Anywhere, USA. It just feels like this happens over and over and over again. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QAiPU9NcC3\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">pic.twitter.com\/QAiPU9NcC3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonrwatts\/status\/1397657806283567113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat the hell is going on in the United States of America?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhen are we going to come to grips with this? When are we going to put down our arms \u2013 literally and figuratively \u2013 our politics, stale rhetoric, finger pointing, all the hand wringing, consternation that produces nothing except more fury and frustration&#8230; over and over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like President Biden, Gov. Newsom offered no specifics during his briefing. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, at least one state lawmaker stepped in to offer a proposal.&nbsp; California Assemblyman Marc Levine tweeted at Newsom, asking him to back AB1223, a bill that would tax the sale of guns and ammo to \u201cfund gun violence prevention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAgovernor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">@CAgovernor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> to publicly support my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AB1223?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">#AB1223<\/a>, which would tax guns &amp; ammo to fund gun violence prevention. It&#039;s time for leaders to show leadership.<\/p>&mdash; Assemblymember Marc Levine (@AsmMarcLevine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsmMarcLevine\/status\/1397657738847473666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\" title=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>In the days to come, no doubt we\u2019ll see more anti-gun politicians and activists using this tragedy to push their civil disarmament agenda.\u00a0 What they continually fail to realize, or deliberately ignore, is that taking guns away from good guys does not make bad guys harmless.\u00a0 In fact, it has the opposite effect.\u00a0 It gives bad guys more opportunities, more soft targets to exploit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armed resistance from capable men and women is the only surefire way to stop a mass killer.  Until we come to terms with this fact, sadly we can expect to see more of the same.  \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-12f6cd50-a201-4120-85f3-5f3318ee4cb5\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnough,\u201d he continued.  \u201cOnce again, I urge Congress to take immediate action and heed the call of the American people, including the vast majority of gun owners, to help end this epidemic of gun violence in America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":144955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,240,1],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-this-week","10":"category-uncategorized","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Joe Biden called on Congress this week to take action on gun control in the wake of mass killing in San Jose, CA.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biden Urges Congress to Take \u2018Immediate Action\u2019 Following San Jose Mass Killing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cEnough,\u201d he continued. \u201cOnce again, I urge Congress to take immediate action and heed the call of the American people, including the vast majority of gun owners, to help end this epidemic of gun violence in America.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/biden-urges-congress-to-take-immediate-action-following-san-jose-mass-killing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-27T14:29:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-07T11:27:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BidenJointSpeech.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"622\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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