The president demanded Congress renew the federal assault weapons ban that his Republican rival has rejected

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    President Joe Biden renewed his demand for Congress to ban high-powered firearms such as the AR-15-style rifle that a gunman used to shoot Donald Trump.

    “An AR-15 was used in the shooting of Donald Trump, just as other assault weapons were used to kill so many others, including children,” he said in remarks to the NAACP’s 115th national convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

    Since taking office, Biden has made more than 70 calls to Congress to renew the assault weapons ban, which would target the most popular gun in America.

    During an address to the National Rifle Association in May, Trump claimed that the Second Amendment “is very much on the ballot” and baselessly alleged that Biden is “trying to rip firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.”

    He also pointed to Republican-led threats to Social Security and Medicare, “risking people’s lives,” and the Heritage Foundation-backed proposal to eliminate the Department of Education.

    He mentioned Republican proposed cuts to federal early education programs for children from low-income families, and warned that “they’ve already eviscerated affirmative action” and will “also decimate diversity, equity, inclusion, across all America.

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