2023 State of the Union address: on Gun Control


Delia Ramirez: Tighten gun regulations, ban assault weapons

Criminalizing abortion is one more way Republicans are abusing the legal system to attack our basic freedoms, our bodily autonomy, and our democracy. At the same time, Republicans and their backers in the gun lobby show little concern for the national crisis of mass shootings. We need an across the board tightening of gun regulations for the sake of everyone's safety, starting with a ban on assault weapons.
Source: Working Families Party on 2023 State of the Union speech Feb 7, 2023

Joe Biden: Ban assault weapons once and for all; we did it before

That was the same plea of parents who lost their children in Uvalde: Do something on gun violence. Thank God we did, passing the most sweeping gun safety law in three decades. Ban assault weapons once and for all. We did it before. I led the fight to ban them in 1994. In the 10 years the ban was law, mass shootings went down. After Republicans let it expire, mass shootings tripled. Let's finish the job and ban assault weapons again.
Source: 2023 State of the Union speech as prepared for delivery Feb 7, 2023

  • The above quotations are from 2023 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican, Working Family, and MAGA response.
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2016 Presidential contenders on Gun Control:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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