President Biden
Joe BidenBiden on Trump’s Acquittal: ‘The Content of the Accusation Is Not in dispute’ called on Congress to approve “arms law reforms” Sunday in a message commemorating the third anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.
“Today, as we mourn the Parkland community, we mourn all those who have lost loved ones through gun violence,” Biden said in a White House statement.
In the statement, the president called for a number of specific provisions to be introduced into legislation by Congress, including an end to legal immunity for arms manufacturers, a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and an extension of federal background checks.
“This administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to heed that call,” from Parkland activists and other young Americans, he said. “We owe it to all who have lost and to all who remain behind to grieve to change something. It is now time to take action. ‘
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi Pelosi rules out censure after Trump’s acquittal (D-Calif.), Meanwhile, said Congress leaders would work with the White House to pass background check legislation previously stalled in Congress during the Trump administration.
“ Last Congress, moved by the daily epidemic of gun violence and led by the millions of young people who marched for their lives, the House Democrats took bold steps to save lives and end the bloodshed by HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and HR 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act. Now, in conjunction with the Democratic Senate and the Biden-Harris Administration, we will issue these and other life-saving bills and make the progress that the Parkland community and the American people deserve and demand, ” the House Leader said in a statement.
“In this solemn commemoration, the Democrats join the American people to renew our commitment to our unfinished work to ensure that no family or community is forced to endure the pain of gun violence. We will not rest until all Americans, in schools, in the workplace, in places of worship and in our communities, are once and for all safe, ”continued Pelosi.
Survivors of the Parkland school shooting launched the March for Our Lives movement against gun violence in response to the incident in 2018, which killed 14 students and teachers. In January, the movement made national headlines again after left-wing watchdog group Media Matters discovered reports from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Calling the shooting a “ false flag ” event, as well as a video of her being a teenager to pursue shooting survivor and demand that he argue with her. Greene later apologized for the comments, calling them “wrong and offensive”.