Biden Puts Liberty On The Line With Push For 'Assault Weapons' Ban

President Joe Biden promised to ban so-called assault weapons “come hell or high water” during a House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Baltimore on Wednesday night.

“I know it may make some of you uncomfortable, but that little state above me, Delaware, is one of them, has the highest rate, one of the highest rates of gun ownership,” Biden said during the conference.

“But guess what?” he continued. “We’re going to ban assault weapons again come hell or high water — and high-capacity magazines. When we did it last time, it reduced mass death.”

Biden’s remarks continue a pattern of calling for strict gun control.

Following a Feb. 13 shooting at Michigan State University where a gunman killed three people and wounded five others, he called for “banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” saying Congress must enact “common sense” gun law reform.

“Congress must do something and enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, closing loopholes in our background check system, requiring safe storage of guns, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets,” the president said in a statement at the time.

In January, Biden continued his campaign to ban all “assault rifles” during his remarks at the National Action Network’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast.

During his speech, the president stated that owning “assault weapons” has “no social redeeming value” because deer do not wear “Kevlar vests.”

He also questioned why Americans need high-capacity magazines, saying we must “ban the number of bullets that can go in a magazine. There’s no need for any of that.”

During his speech, Biden went on to question why people buy assault weapons to defend themselves from the government.

“I love my right-wing friends who’ll talk about the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots. If you need to worry about taking on the federal government, you need some F-15s, you don’t need an AR-15,” he said.

Biden used Monterey Park, California, hero Brandon Tsay to call for a nationwide ban on “assault weapons” during his State of the Union Address on Feb. 7. “He saved lives,” the president said of Tsay while calling for the ban. It’s past time for us to follow suit.”

Tsay apprehended the gunman responsible for killing 11 people following a Chinese Lunar New Year dance festival.

“Ban assault weapons now,” Biden said.