>A primetime speech that lasted 17 minutes

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Congress to "finally do something" on gun control as he called on lawmakers to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines as the nation reels from three mass shootings in the last three weeks.

“After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done,” Biden said in a primetime speech that lasted 17 minutes from the East Room of the White House. “This time that can't be true.”

Biden said that if Congress could not ban assault weapons, then they should raise the age to purchase those type of guns from 18 to 21. He also said that background checks should be strengthened and called for the passage of "Red Flag" laws which allow courts to remove firearms from those deemed a danger to themselves or others.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/02/biden-speech-gun-control/7484663001/