As Black Gun Deaths Rise, Biden Says Congress Must Act

By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black Overview: Speaking to gun safety advocates, President Biden touts his own record reining in gun purchases, but says Congress must do more to stop the violence. (WIB) – Highlighting his accomplishment in curbing gun violence, President Joe Biden on Tuesday thanked gun safety advocates while celebrating a landmark control law that has resulted in criminal charges against more than 500 violators since he signed it in June 2022.  Speaking in Washington, the president also renewed his call for Congress to pass meaningful gun control legislation — including renewing the assault weapons ban, enacting a so-called “red flag” law to keep guns from dangerous people and restricting the sale of high-capacity magazines that can hold 100 bullets or more.& LEARN MORE: Guns Are Killing Young Black People in Rural America, Too “It’s time once again, to do what I did when I was a senator: ban assault weapons,” Biden said to cheers from the audience. “Who in God’s name needs a magazine which can [kill] 200 children?”& Someone in the audience shouted: “Nobody!”& “Nobody!” Biden replied. “That’s right.”& The speech came roughly two hours after his son, Hunter Biden, was convicted on three...