US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for a ban on the type of semi-automatic rifle used in Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
“Help me rid the streets of America of these weapons of war! An AR-15 was used in the shooting of Donald Trump… It’s time to remove them,” the Democrat said at a campaign rally in Las Vegas.
Joe Biden returned to the field Tuesday for the first time since the attack on his Republican rival, an event that has forced the US president to balance his own calls to calm the political climate with the need to wage an offensive campaign against his opponent.
Mea culpa
Biden has acknowledged he made a “mistake” in calling for “targeting” Donald Trump at a donor event just days before the assassination attempt on him.
“I meant, focus on him, on what he’s doing,” the Democrat said.
But he did not deny the essence of his statement, which is to present the former White House resident as a danger to American democracy.
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