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President Joe Biden made an outlandish claim about 9mm guns on Monday, asserting that there is no “rational basis” for such high-caliber weapons for self-protection.
“A 9 mm bullet blows the lung out of the body,” Biden said. “So the idea of these high-caliber weapons — there’s simply no rational basis for it in terms of self-protection, hunting.”
During an interview on the South Lawn of the White House Monday, Biden expanded on his previous comments on gun control. The Memorial Day remarks come one day after the Bidens visited Uvalde, Texas where 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered by an unhinged armed killer.
While in the small town, Biden met with the families of the victims and survivors of the massacre to do his requisite political grandstanding. The shooting has rekindled calls for stricter gun control on the left.
The president indicated that it was “hard to say” how close Congress was getting to gun reforms because he hasn’t been directly negotiating with Republicans.
He reiterated his opposition to 100-round magazines while speaking to the press.
“There’s only one reason for something that can fire 100 shots,” he remarked. Then he spoke about hearings he held as a senator on “rational gun laws,” according to a White House pool report.
Then Biden brought up a trauma doctor in New York who allegedly showed him an X-ray decades ago when he was a senator while talking about “probably” being able to remove a 22-caliber bullet lodged in someone’s lung to save their life. He followed this remark with the erroneous comment that a 9mm bullet “blows a lung out of the body.”
Biden, talking about "rational gun laws," says this morning that a "9 mm bullet blows the lung out of the body."
"There’s simply no rational basis for it in terms of self protection, hunting," he added, per pool report.
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) May 30, 2022
The 9 mm handgun is hugely popular for self-defense and concealed carry in the United States.
Yeah no, 9mm doesn’t do that.
— Ducking the Gulag Train (@gpbakken) May 30, 2022
We’re banning handguns now? https://t.co/VA9bsfYix2
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) May 30, 2022
Of course he's coming for handguns, too. https://t.co/Wnr1K2bxIU
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 30, 2022
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated on ABC Sunday that Congress is holding “serious” bipartisan negotiations on legislation that would curb gun violence. Biden stated that he believes “things have gotten so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it – at least that’s my hope and prayer.”
Sen. Chris Murphy to ABC: "I'm at the table in a more significant way right now with Republicans and Democrats than ever before … There are more Republicans interested in talking about finding a path forward [on legislation] this time than I've ever seen since Sandy Hook."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 30, 2022
The president claimed the Second Amendment “was never absolute.”
He went on to add, “You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed,” which is a spurious claim he has made before that Washington Post fact-checkers have examined and found to be false.
“The Constitution, the Second Amendment was never absolute. You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed,” Biden said. “I think things have gotten so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it.”
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) May 30, 2022
Is it too much to ask that the man in charge of the country, who is trying to dismantle people's constitutional rights, at least have the slightest clue what he's talking about? https://t.co/rF1GnoJJMR
— Fuzzy Chimp 🇺🇸 (@fuzzychimpcom) May 30, 2022
Biden pledged to take action on guns while visiting Robb Elementary School and a local church in Uvalde, where a crowd of demonstrators chanted “Do something!”
“We will,” Biden responded while giving the crowd a thumbs up.
Biden was asked on Monday by reporters if he now feels more motivated to act on gun control and said, “I’ve been pretty motivated all along.”
“The folks who were victimized, their families, they spent three hours and 40 minutes with me. They waited all that time. Some came two hours early. The pain is palpable. I think a lot of it is unnecessary. I’m going to continue to push,” he declared.
Asked if he had a responsibility to act, Biden replied, “I can’t dictate this stuff.”
“I can do the things I’ve done, and any executive action I can take, I’ll continue to take. But I can’t outlaw a weapon. I can’t change a background check. I can’t do that,” the president stated laying action at the feet of Congress on gun control.
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There IS ‘no rational basis’ for owning a 9MM. You should carry at LEAST a .40 cal for personal protection!!
My dog has a higher IQ than “Sleepy Joe” plus both know how to kiss a**.
I don’t think a single Democrat knows a thing about guns.
When the Ignorant lecture the Ignorant, all it does is spread disinformation and increase the Ignorance. Caliber refers to the diameter of the bullet in the cartridge or round of ammunition. With 22 caliber it depends upon whether it is a Rimfire or Centerfire round. In 22 caliber, Rimfire is a low power round, whereas a 22 Centerfire is a high to very high power round. A 9 mm (35 caliber) pistol cartridge is much less powerful than a 22 caliber Centerfire cartridge. Slow Joe spreads ignorance whenever he speaks.
What does this demented goof know about “rational?”
I doubt biden has a clue about what a 9mm pistol is. Just trying to make politics and casting for votes!
Doesn’t almost EVERY law enforcement officer carry a 9? Way to go Joe!
…says the tyrant with the world’s biggest security force….
Biden you dopey old goat just stick to your pudding moments and stop trying to act like you have sense.
Here this dumpkopf goes again. People only THINK he’s crazy but then
he opens his mouth and removes any doubt about his mental state nor his ability to run this country. All you Dems in Congress think about this
before you go passing worthless gun control laws. if Biden doesn’t shut up and quit degrading Russia and China, us American citizens may wind
up needing all the guns & ammo we can get to protect ourselves when the Russians & Chinese start parachuting in to take over this country. Any doubts of that happening? Look at the reasons Japan bombed us in
1941 !
It’s like this Biden: If gun control laws really worked, Chicago would be Mayberry, USA!
He seems to want law abiding citizens put at a big disadvantage to the criminals, who will have their guns, no matter what. They do not care whether the guns they have are bought legally or not. Only the criminals will have guns and the law abiders will be at their mercy.
Hey Joey, has anyone ever told you that your dumber than a box of rocks? If so then you should believe them. 😅 9mm is one of the lower caliber weapons . Of course you wouldnt actually know anything about arms. You didnt serve in the military now did you. 22 cal. is a lot more dangerous because it ricochets off bones , then it leaves a path of distruction of the vital organs. Plus a 22 cal. will carry for a mile. If you can hit a target 150 ft. away with a 9, your a damn good shot. Maybe you should talk about pedophilia , something you know something about.
Brain dead Beijing Biden, the most corrupt and inept president in history. How much more destruction will the people allow?
Reinstate capital punishment; engage in “swift and speedy” justice. We will see an immediate turnaround in committed crime. Also, mandate that legal teams pay jurors what they normally earn- not this bullsh-t twelve dollars a day. If the lawyers paid the jurors, the trials would be quick.
Biden says: “…I can do the things I’ve done, and any executive action I can take, I’ll continue to take. But I can’t outlaw a weapon. I can’t change a background check. I can’t do that,” the president stated laying action at the feet of Congress on gun control.
Aside from that quote being inconsistent it’s reminiscent of what Obama said about health coverage and immigration before he just did it. Fasten your seat belts people…
Yup, we all know a .45, .357 or .44 magnum bullet would do a lot less damage, huh?
Since slo jo was in Texas, did he make the trip to our Southern Border?
SIR? Will you be telling your secret service to no longer carry firearms then?
Heck no he won’t. He wants his protection but could care less about ours. On another note, We The People paid $450,000 to have a WALL built around his Delaware Beach Hom, to protect him and jilly. But, we cannot have a Wall built at our Southern Border, to protect We The People, legal citizens. How about them apples.
The president is ignorance at its worst. He is such a disgrace! A puppet and a bidump in a diaper!
Is this moron for real? He has no concept of caliber. This is the same idiot who said “all you need is a shotgun and fire it in the air”. Guess what moron, those pellets come down somewhere. So now the 9MM will blow out lungs and some idiot woman on MSNBC says that AR rounds “tear bodies apart”. I can only term these two ballistic boobs.
“No rational of having a seditiuos low-life, lying and corrupt, senile old fart, as Americas president”… Please vacate, by end of month.
How about today instead of waiting a month. Your too nice.
The first two amendments are the most important of the constitution that’s why they aren’t he first two… And the democrats are trying to remove them. Huummm sounds like they are trying to rid themselves of any resistance to a take over… Come on republicans get it together this election it’s getting scary!
Democrats/Leftists/Liberals/Socialists, have picked up on a word or phrase, and it sounded good so they keep repeating it over and over thinking that if they say it long enough and loud enough it will magically become true. AR-15 Does NOT Stand for Assault Rifle, it stands for the manufacturer’s name, ArmaLite Rifle. The AR-15 IS NOT a Machine Gun, it does have a high rate of fire but it can only fire one round for each trigger pull. To Buy, Own or Sell a Machine Gun requires a Special FFL. There are many Hunting Rifles that use the same ammunition, have a Rate of Fire that is equal to the AR-15, the only difference is that they have a Wooden Stock and not the scary Black stock and fore grip and pistol grip. There are a few Shot Guns that have a rate of fire that is almost as fast as the AR-15 and if loaded with 00 Buck Shot can do a lot more damage than the AR-15, and you don’t need to be too concerned with aiming. A .22 LR can kill you just as dead as a 9mm, and to the best of my knowledge neither will ripe the lungs out of a person. More BS direct from the top.
What a total fcking idiot.
He keeps using hunting and deer with kevlar…. Sorry Ahole the 2nd amendment exists because of tyrant dictators exactly like you and your crew of commie VULCHERS. Nice try loser
Of course he lied about the weapon caliper, don’t chalk it up to not knowing. He graduated at the bottom of his law school, he knows nothing about constitutional law, no matter how much he uses the cannon analogy. The U.S. is #62 for mass shootings, behind even Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Mentally ill people will kill and maim people with whatever is handy, even if it is a vehicle, Molotov cocktail, or pipebomb.
Biden as usual knows nothing. A 9 mm is not in any way a high powered gun. 9 mm auto replaced a lot of older .38 cal police issued guns. 9 mm often holds 16 rounds where a .38 only had 6 rounds. High caliber would be a .357 Magnum, 40 mm, and 44 caliber hand gun and .45 cal automatic. The 22 mentioned can be bad as the bullet will bounce off bonces inside the body causing significant injury to organs. In shooting incidents cops will pull out their assault rifles because the 9 mm is not effective in longer ranges of fire and accuracy.
64th in mass shootings and 65th in murder rate per capita. There are seven European countries which are far ahead of us in both categories and I’m not talking about Balkan states.
Oh, in that case no reason the secret service guards of yours should be armed either.
Guess I’d better pick up a .50 BMG as that doesn’t blow the lungs out of the body. It just blows everything away together.
I have no need for a 9mm. How about the time I was attacked by three pit bulldogs. No need for “high caliber” ammunition? How about the time a black bear mom thought I got a bit too close to her cub? Or the time I was watched by a mountain lion for several hours? Mr President you should walk alone an unafraid through that festering hole called DC and see how far you make it without SS protection.
Guess my .45 is safe then.
That bit about the cannon is absolutely wrong. Many colonial towns had cannon but they belonged to the wealthy members in town. They were placed in the town square where they could be taken to battle in short order. So, no there is no Second Amendment restriction on firearm size or caliber.
9mm is not a high caliber and correct me if I am wrong but believe 9mm is many times a police issue service gun. He needs to study guns before he opens his mouth
No need for a 9mm?…. hey Joe, “When seconds count…..the police is only a mere few minutes away “…… so Joe is at it again like a few years back when he said use a shotgun ( instead of an “Assault” rifle) against criminals entering your house to do harm, and/or shoot it in the air on your porch, to scare off criminals. Not only will that get you “dead” against a criminal….if it does scare them off, you will likely be charged with discharging a firearm in a town where it’s not permitted. Brandon is SUCH a blind, uninformed joke…moreso than most realize as he stumble through a press conference.
The propensity for Biden and all progressives to lie about the second amendment continues to diminish any argument they may have for further controls.
SORRY, SLOW JOE, BUT PEOPLE IN COLONIAL TIMES COULD OWN A CANNON….OR A WARSHIP, OR ANYTHING ELSE, FOR THAT MATTER.
Quit lying, bruhs….. just repeating it doesn’t make it true.
The democrats have been trying to disarm us for a long time. Their goal is to leave us defenseless and at their mercy! They will use any excuse to get this accomplished! We cannot let this happen!
More ignorance from the left. Biden’s dementia worsens daily. Funny how all of a sudden they care about kids, but not babies. Hypocrisy.
Traitor Joe is the tyrant the Founders warned us about.
He is the real life “Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man.” .
Sure he looks goofy, but that just hides his inherent evil and deadliness.
#FJB
Gee wiz Joe, just what calibers are acceptable. .40 maybe like much of law and enforcement uses? .45acp perhaps, or maybe something smaller like .380 and .38 cal…and that’s just pistols. Most ARs are 5.56 (.223) which is a far weaker load than any of the popular hunting calibers. Someone needs to tell this ding dong that even the .22 is deadly in the wrong hands.
This asshole needs to go!
I am not sure the USA will last through this Admin. They are slowly turning us into a Communist State. They want to control everything. The food we eat, pushing electric cars, yet they tell us there are going to be brown outs this summer. Well, if I had an ev, I would not be able to use it. FJB and all the democrats. GOD help the USA.
A 9mm is not a “high caliber weapon”. There’s an old saying, “Put brain in motion before opening mouth.”
Yes, if he had one.
Yes Joe, you COULD buy a cannon at the time the 2A was ratified. In fact, you could buy an entire warship.
Local formal and informal militias often had privately own artillery. Even individuals could and did own muzzle loading cannon.
“There’s only one reason for something that can fire 100 shots.”
I must agree. I keep large capacity magazines on hand for the express purpose of shooting and shooting at many people (as opposed to one or two). Gang threats, rampaging Antifa and BLM are just a few of the modern American scenarios that play out EVERY DAY.
Yes, I DO want the capability of taking them all out without swapping mags. I don’t have a tactical team or an infantry squad to back me up while I’m seeking cover and swapping mags. No one EVER said “I brought too much ammo”.
Say is this the same Biden who once said all you need to protect your home from a home invasion is literally shoot through the door? The same Biden who if you are upstairs and hear someone trying to break in
point your shotgun out the window firing up in the air to scare them off?
Yes he did actually say both those things.
moron
There’s no rational basis for his constant muttering and lies either.
A demented old man surrounded by body guards while supporting refund the police and at the same time allowing run away crime waves telling citizens they don’t need to be armed — and you see how it’s already gone from ak47s to 9 mm. Simply priceless. We have to shed this Democratic debacle before it destroy s us.
Biden talking about “rational” is about as low a bottom as we can get.
Isn’t the purpose of a self-defense weapon to stop the attacker? Did 81 million people really vote for this moron? Would any of them do so again?
Right now, the First Amendment is doing more damage to the country than the Second Amendment.
Maybe Biden should have no right to speak about this?
This statement from dumbass Joe clearly shows he is just plain stupid. A 38special has a higher velocity and ftlbs of impact force than a plinking 9mm. It is a popular defense piece because of it’s size and recoil. But hey Joe bann 9mm. You left 45acp, 10/40mm, 357, 44/41 mag specials and the versital 410 in pistol.
Dam com-on. America, it is time to unass this ignorant clown.
Also on Biden’s list: pop guns, corn pop and popcorn! Complete imbecile! #FJB
Just seeing this imbecilic hypocritical lying phony thieving traitor proves that there IS a rational basis for owning high caliber/high capacity weapons. It’s just a shame that no one uses them on the right targets. Hopefully, that will change very soon.
Biden and rationality are like night and day; complete opposites!
So a .45 is okay? Alrighty then.
Biden goin for title of “Best 9mm Salesperson of All Time”
Hey Biden, Better cancel vehicles too because a CAR killed 10 in Waukesha WI. And it was never mentioned by you. Maybe because the driver was black ?? I bet do,?
Also smart ass the number one killer is drugs, but specifically fentanyl which killed 104000 last year alone adding the the rise over the years to its highest level. And it’s your open border where illegals haul it into the country everyday of every week of every year. AND You do nothing, Which your good at!! Nothing!
“… asserting that there is no “rational basis” for such high-caliber weapons for self-protection.”
Someone needs to inform the incompetent meat puppet in the White House regarding prison releases, DA’s and judges who care more about criminals than their victims, millions of illegal and unvetted migrants swarming across an open border, and the knowledge that the police, if and when they show up, are under no obligation to help. And his answer is to disarm those most at risk? Nope!
This is one DUMB SONOFABITCH
that has no business being on this earth, none whatsoever!!!!!
If it weren’t for stupidity then Biden wouldn’t be so ignorant!! A 9mm ??? You can tell he has been in government for 47 years and doesn’t know this crap? What a waste of skin!
Communist Democrats don’t need to worry about coming for citizens guns. Illegally disband the 2nd Amendment and those guns will come looking for you! 🇺🇸