US President Joe Biden has called for stricter gun control measures, including a ban on the sale of assault rifles.



"Guns are the number one cause of death for children in the United States, more often than traffic accidents or cancer," President Biden said twice at an event commemorating the passage of the gun safety law by the U.S. Congress at the White House on the 11th local time.



"From 1994 to 2004, sales of AR-15s and similar assault rifles were banned and shootings decreased," he said. emphasized.



"I am determined to stop selling these weapons," he said.



In the United States, in May, a white supremacist man opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 black people. people were sacrificed.



On the 4th of Independence Day, there was a mass shooting at Highland Park near Chicago, Illinois, killing seven people.



President Biden also said, "We need a firearms safekeeping law that holds the owner liable if the firearm is not stored safely.



He said of the gun safety law, which was signed on the 26th of last month, "a lot of lives could have been saved if this law had been enacted years ago," he said.



Earlier, Congress passed a gun safety law aimed at strengthening background checks for people aged 18 to 21 who wish to purchase a firearm, while encouraging states to implement so-called 'red flag' laws.



The Red Flag Act is a law that allows police and family members to petition the courts to keep firearms from possession of those who appear to be a danger to themselves or others.



The gun safety bill signed by President Biden is meaningful as it is the first gun-related bill passed by the U.S. Senate in 29 years. It is evaluated that there is.



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