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January 27, 2023

President Biden Repeats Call for Assault Weapons Ban, Warns Against Anti-Asian Hate
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In Washington, D.C., President Biden repeated his call for Congress to
reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, and warned against rising
anti-Asian hate. Biden's remarks came at a White House reception for the
Lunar New Year, just days after 11 people were killed at a Lunar New
Year celebration in the majority-Asian L.A. suburb of Monterey Park.

President Joe Biden: "Silence is complicity. Silence is complicity. We
cannot be silent. I will not be silent. And one more thing: We're going
to ban assault weapons again."

According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 40 mass shootings
across the U.S. so far in 2023.


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