Biden rambles during demand for assault weapon ban

Statements from Joe Biden as quoted on the White House website:

The idea — if you were driving your automobile here, and you left in — the key in the — in the — in the parking lot and you left the key in the ignition, and the kid came up and jumped in and stole it and they got in a crash, you’re liable, civilly. Why, in God’s name, do people not have to lock up their firearms? Why is that not a requirement?

All these mass murders — not — not this weekend, but — have been because people have picked up — kids have grabbed stuff off of counters, off of their — anyway. I don’t want to — I get ag- — angry.

We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; pass national red flag laws, as you’ve done here; require safe storage; enact universal background checks and other commonsense measures to save lives. Because, you know, the Second Amendment didn’t say you can own any gun, you can own any weapon. You couldn’t own a canon when you — when the Second Amendment was passed. You couldn’t — anyway. Don’t get me started.

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