White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged a question Wednesday on whether President Biden’s proposed 'assault weapons' ban will lead to confiscation.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre won't say whether President Biden supports confiscating AR-15s.President Biden’s
Jean-Pierre was asked during her daily press briefing whether the president supported"not just banning the sale and the manufacture of semi-automatic weapons, but further than that, confiscation."responded."What we're talking about, AR15s, this assault weapons ban, they are weapons of war, and they not be on the streets across the country in our communities. They should not be in schools. They should not be in grocery stores. They should not be in churches.
"As you know, we all know how government works," Jean-Pierre continued."There's only so much that he can do. And so now it's time for Congress to do the work. And he's happy to sign, once that happens, he's happy to sign that legislation that says, ‘OK, we're going to remove assault weapons — we're going have an assault weapons ban."
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre listens as National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby speaks during a daily news briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2023. "It doesn't get much lower than blaming Republicans in Congress for a transgender killer who targeted a Christian school. Shameful," Cotton wrote.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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